Veblen : the making of an economist who unmade economics /
Camic, Charles Michael, 1951-
Veblen : the making of an economist who unmade economics / Charles Camic. - 492 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theoretical and historical scaffolding -- Beginnings -- Entering and leaving -- Young philosopher -- Transition -- Young economist -- Working in the field.
"Thorstein Veblen's analysis of America's parasitic upper class, which plunders its wealth from productive workers, is widely attributed to his outsider status. But Charles Camic shows that Veblen's ideas did not derive from social marginality. Veblen was a professional economist whose fierce social critique was the work of an academic insider"--
9780674659728 (hardcover) 0674659724 (hardcover)
2020018113
Veblen, Thorstein Bunde, 1857-1929
Economics--History.--United States
Economía--Historia--Estados Unidos
Exploitation.
Leisure class.
United States--Economic conditions.
Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas
HB 119 / C183v 2020
330.092
Veblen : the making of an economist who unmade economics / Charles Camic. - 492 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Theoretical and historical scaffolding -- Beginnings -- Entering and leaving -- Young philosopher -- Transition -- Young economist -- Working in the field.
"Thorstein Veblen's analysis of America's parasitic upper class, which plunders its wealth from productive workers, is widely attributed to his outsider status. But Charles Camic shows that Veblen's ideas did not derive from social marginality. Veblen was a professional economist whose fierce social critique was the work of an academic insider"--
9780674659728 (hardcover) 0674659724 (hardcover)
2020018113
Veblen, Thorstein Bunde, 1857-1929
Economics--History.--United States
Economía--Historia--Estados Unidos
Exploitation.
Leisure class.
United States--Economic conditions.
Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas
HB 119 / C183v 2020
330.092