An economist dissects how the wealthy signal status through conspicuous consumption and deliberate waste rather than usefulness.
Books that mention Theory of the Leisure Class (1)
Bushido: The Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe: “Very fitly does Mr. Veblen, in his interesting book,[11] call decorum “a product and an exponent of the leisure-class life.” [Footnote 11: _Theory of the Leisure Class_, N.Y. 1899, p. 46.]”