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Thorstein Bunde Veblen
see synonyms of thorstein bunde veblenNoun
1. thorstein bunde veblen, thorstein veblen, veblen
United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929)
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Thorstein Bunde Veblen
see synonyms of thorstein bunde veblen American economist who described a fundamental conflict between the provision of goods and the making of money. In his popular study The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) he coined the phrase conspicuous consumption.
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