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"--
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Veblen, Thorstein Bunde, 1857-1929
Economics--History.--United States Economía--Historia--Estados Unidos Exploitation. Leisure class.
United States--Economic conditions. Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas