Thorstein Veblen quoteThorstein Veblen [1857-1929]
American Economist 
Quote rank: 106
| The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods. |
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