| Thorstein Veblen: Critical Assessments Contributor(s): Wood, John Cunningham (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415074878 ISBN-13: 9780415074872 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $2107.81 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1993 Annotation: These volumes provide an in-depth study of Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) whose best-known work, "The Theory of the Leisure Class," elaborated the concept of "conspicuous consumption." Veblen's work on institutional economics drew on social Darwinism to emphasize the important role of the social and political non-economic environment in shaping economic activity. Veblen went on to criticize much of orthodox economics for its failure to take account of the structural evolution of this non-economic environment. The papers gathered in these volumes show how Veblen's work has been received and modified from contemporary sources to the present day. "Thorstein Veblen: Critical Assessments" is the fifteenth work in the Routledge series of "Critical Assessments of Leading Economists and Contemporary Economists." Each set presents a comprehensive selection of the critical literature on the life and works of a leading economist. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - Reference - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 330.092 |
| LCCN: 93016581 |
| Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Economists |
| Physical Information: 2048 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thorstein Veblen's influence on economics has been all-pervasive. The three volumes of the Critical Assessments present a detailed overview of the analytical writings on Veblen from contemporary sources (1857-1929) through to the present day. The volumes provide scholars and students everywhere with ready access to key articles which are otherwise widely scattered in learned journals and often difficult or impossible to obtain. The three volumes are arranged thematically, under the following headings: 1. The Life of Thorstein Veblen and Perspectives on his Thought 2. Veblen's Political Economy 3. Specialized Topics. The set provides: *138 articles, chronologically arranged - to give students of the history of ideas and contemporary economics immediate access to the intellectual processes of this influential economist. *The selection of seminal articles - including articles most useful to historians of economic thought, as well as to contemporary economists and policy makers. Plus the articles which, looked at together, give a comprehensive account of Thorstein Veblen's thought in economics. *A vast range of published articles - by noted scholars, these reflect the wide variety of topics which Veblen considered during his career and reveal the enormous diversity of Veblen's contributon. *An invaluable reference tool - an essential addition to all libraries of economics and economic thought. |
