Thorstein Veblen Quotes About Evidence

• Abstention from labor is the conventional evidence of wealth and is therefore the conventional mark of social standing.

  Thorstein Veblen

  Wealth, Social, Mark

  Thorstein Veblen (1993). “A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace, and Capitalism”, p.26, M.E. Sharpe

• The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise than in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure.

  Thorstein Veblen

  Hands, Walking Sticks, Effort

  Thorstein Veblen (2011). “Theory of the Leisure Class”, p.184, BoD – Books on Demand

• The chief use of servants is the evidence they afford of the master's ability to pay.

  Thorstein Veblen

  Use, Pay, Masters

  Thorstein Veblen (2016). “THORSTEIN VEBLEN Ultimate Collection: 8 Books & 50+ Business Essays and Articles in Warfare and Economics: The Theory of the Leisure Class, The Theory of Business Enterprise, The Higher Learning In America, Panem et Circenses, The Vested Interests and the Common Man, The Use of Loan Credit in Business…”, p.44, e-artnow

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