The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thorstein Veblen

 

Contents

    I. Introductory

   II. Pecuniary Emulation

  III. Conspicuous Leisure

  IV. Conspicuous Consumption

   V. The Pecuniary Standard of Living

  VI. Pecuniary Canons of Taste

 VII. Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture

VIII. Industrial Exemption and Conservatism

  IX. The Conservation of Archaic Traits

   X. Modern Survivals of Prowess

  XI. The Belief in Luck

 XII. Devout Observances

XIII. Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interests

XIV. The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture

 

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