Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929)
Autor/a de The Theory of the Leisure Class
Sobre l'autor
Thorstein Bunde Veblen was an American economist and social scientist best known for challenging the economic theories of his time. He rejected the neat logic and natural laws of his contemporaries, asserting instead that economic order was evolutionary and that this evolution was strongly mostra'n més influenced by institutions such as labor unions, business organizations, schools, and even churches. In so doing, Veblen laid the basis for what is now known as the institutional school of economics. Veblen was often described as being an aloof and isolated, albeit gifted, misfit. His sense of isolation was established early; he was born on a farm in rural Wisconsin to immigrant Norwegian parents. English was spoken only as a second language in the tight-knit Norwegian community and Veblen did not perfect his use of the language until he entered college. A voracious reader with a distinct aversion to farm work, he was sent to nearby Carleton College to study for the Lutheran ministry. While at Carleton, Veblen alienated some of the faculty with inflammatory and agnostic writings, and, although he graduated in 1880, it was without the divinity degree that would have enabled him to teach at one of the many small religious colleges of the time. After graduate work at Johns Hopkins University and Yale University, he returned to his parents' home, where he spent the next seven years relaxing, reading, and doing odd jobs. In 1888 he married Ellen Rolfe, much to the dismay of her uncle who happened to be the president of Carleton College. During this period, Veblen had little luck finding a job, even with the benefit of his wife's and her uncle's connections. Finally, at the age of 34, Veblen went to Cornell University to seek a teaching position. Despite his frontier appearance---corduroy trousers and coonskin cap---he was given a one-year teaching assignment. The next year he joined the faculty at the University of Chicago, where he taught until 1906. While at the University of Chicago, he wrote two of his most important works, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) and The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904). The Theory of the Leisure Class was an insightful, if not contemptuous, analysis of the excess consumption and wasteful behavior of the wealthy. Veblen contended that the modern quest for the accumulation of money, and its lavish display, was derived from the predatory barbarian practice of seizing goods and wealth without work. In The Theory of Business Enterprise, he described the heads of corporate enterprises as saboteurs of the economic system---people interested only in the financing of production rather than the process of production. This was a radical view, but Veblen was writing during the period when the "robber barons" seemed obsessed by the profits that could be made from stock flotations, bond issues, and other complex financial deals. Veblen's notorious womanizing cost him his position with the University of Chicago in 1906. He moved on to Stanford University, then the University of Missouri, and finally to the New School for Social Research in New York, where he taught briefly before retiring to a small rustic cabin in California. Divorced from his wife in 1911, he remarried in 1914, but his second wife was institutionalized shortly after for psychological problems. Veblen was one of the most provocative economists of his time, but his ideas were such that he attracted few disciples. Even so, economists have come to recognize the importance of institutions and their impact on economic behavior. Additional testament to the influence of his work is the fact that many of the terms he coined are in wide use today, among them conspicuous consumption conspicuous consumption, the leisure class, and cultural lag. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Thorstein Veblen
Veblen on Marx, race, science, and economics (The place of science in modern civilization and other essays) (1961) 32 exemplars
A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism (Studies on Contemporary China (M.E. Sharpe… (1993) 4 exemplars
Thorstein Veblen Selections from his work, with an introduction and commentaries by Bernard Rosenberg (1967) 3 exemplars
The Theory of the Leisure Class (Dover Thrift Editions) by Thorstein Veblen (1994-08-01) (1994) 1 exemplars
The Theory of Businees Enterprise. 1 exemplars
THORSTEIN VEBLEN Ultimate Collection: 8 Books & 50 Business Essays and Articles in Warfare and Economics: The Theory of… (2016) 1 exemplars
The Complete Works of Thorstein Veblen: Economics Books, Business Essays & Political Articles: The Theory of the… (2016) 1 exemplars
The theory of the leisure class, chapters 1-6: [and] Montaigne: Essays [selections (The Great books adult series:) (1966) 1 exemplars
The Higher Learning in America: The Annotated Edition: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men (2015) 1 exemplars
Why_is_economics_not_an_evolutionary_science. 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Awakening [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.] (1976) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions — 797 exemplars
Lapham's Quarterly - Lines of Work: Volume IV, Number 2, Spring 2011 (2011) — Col·laborador — 29 exemplars
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- Nom normalitzat
- Veblen, Thorstein
- Nom oficial
- Veblen, Thorstein Bunde
- Data de naixement
- 1857-07-30
- Data de defunció
- 1929-08-03
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Cato, Wisconsin, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California, USA
- Causa de la mort
- heart disease
- Llocs de residència
- Menlo Park, California, USA
Washington Island, Wisconsin, USA - Educació
- Carleton College (B.A. | Economics | 1880)
Johns Hopkins University (graduate work)
Yale University (Ph.D. | 1884)
Cornell University - Professions
- professor
economist
sociologist - Relacions
- Leacock, Stephen (student)
- Organitzacions
- University of Chicago
Stanford University
University of Missouri-Columbia
New School for Social Research
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- Obres
- 35
- També de
- 4
- Membres
- 3,248
- Popularitat
- #7,868
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 32
- ISBN
- 257
- Llengües
- 17
- Preferit
- 6
Krisen i 1929 like etter hans død fikk stor betydning idet økonomer og andre oppdaget rundt 1932-34 hans relevante kriseforståelse med økte sjanser til å forstå hva som skjedde og samfunnsmessig da å kunne innrette seg bedre. Nettopp idag med en globalt ødeleggende markedsliberalisme kan Veblen tas opp igjen og bidra med en innsikt dagens dominerende samfunnsøkonomer i liten grad har bidratt til. Han beveger seg mellom fagdisipliner som historie, antropologi, filosofi og sosiologi i sin økonomiske analyse. Dette tverrfaglige trekket viser fraværet av fagarroganse og den nødvendige åpenheten som må til for å forstå bredt. Produksjonsøkonomien med dens håndverksbasis gikk via industrialiseringen over i akkumuleringssamfunnet og finansøkonomi.
Koblingen til hans oppvekst med norsk bygdearv tydeliggjør hans altruisme og kravet til å utvikle en økonomi som er nyttig.
Dagens økonomer synes å ville kunne forklare alle dine preferanser for disposisjoner med økonomiske effekter utifra økonomiske teori på aktørnivå. Men selve innretningen på samfunnet med bl a maktdimensjonen synes ekstremt fraværende i deres teorier som ofte befinner seg i et lukket matematisk preget system. Når uforstående hendelser oppstår, er det kalt eksterne sjokk - slik krisen i 1929 bl a ble kalt. Veblen derimot viser til de store bevegelser og hvordan individuelle valg og store bevegelser med økonomiske konsekvenser henger sammen. Konkurranse om å vise betalingsevne på personlig nivå bidrar til en taksonomi rundt omdømme der overflødig kostbarhet og pekuniær prestisje i konsum av varer viser forskjellene mellom mennesker - der altså noen er klart bedre enn andre. Varer må for å fylle denne funksjon inneha et klart element av prangende sløseri. Dette gjelder på alle felt vedr. vare- og tjenestekjøp,men også på relasjoner som nettverk og parforhold. Å forlate "den gode smak", er på en måte å forlate det siviliserte samfunn - man er på et sett utenfor samfunnet og man teller ikke på annen måte enn som referanse til det uakseptable. Det betyr "ikke sett "og uten betydning, et dehumanisert objekt i forhold til menneskeslekten.
Ett sitat fra Erik S.Reinerts forord til den nye norske utgaven kan nevnes;""Kapitalsimen har latt rovdyrinstinktet ta overhånd over håndverksinstinktet:. Prestisjen ligger hos røverne. Ikke rart folk blir fattige og arbeidsløse". Og disse begrep er bla tatt fra Veblen: "Workmanship" står i motsetning til "Predation" der den første er den kollektive innsats (hjelpsomhet, effektivitet og ulyst til å ødsle) mens den siste fremmer enkeltindividet og bare enkeltindividet - via aggressiv konkurranse og det å tvinge eller stjele for egen berikelse.
Veblen analyser av den antropomorfiske kultur som preger religiøs utøvelse er fascinerende lesning - med den presisering av at den analysen dreier seg om " vurdering av disse fenomener sett fra det økonomiske synspunkt".… (més)