Thorstein Veblen citáty

Thorstein Veblen bol americký ekonóm a sociológ nórskeho pôvodu. Je zakladateľom inštitucionalizmu a spoluzakladateľom teórie manažérskej revolúcie.

Zomrel na zlyhanie srdca, jeho popol bol rozprášený do Tichého oceánu. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. júl 1857 – 3. august 1929
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“In itself and in its consequences the life of leisure is beautiful and ennobling in all civilised men's eyes.”

Thorstein Veblen kniha The Theory of the Leisure Class

Zdroj: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), p. 23

“Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.”

Thorstein Veblen kniha The Theory of the Leisure Class

Zdroj: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), p. 57,

“In the priestly life of all anthropomorphic cults the marks of a vicarious consumption of time are visible.”

Thorstein Veblen kniha The Theory of the Leisure Class

Zdroj: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), p. 122

“[H]ere and now, as always and everywhere, invention is the mother of necessity.”

Veblen (1914) "The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts". p. 314

“The need of conspicuous waste… stands ready to absorb any increase in the community's industrial efficiency or output of goods.”

Thorstein Veblen kniha The Theory of the Leisure Class

Zdroj: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), p. 110

“The outcome of any serious research can only be to make two questions grow where only one grew before.”

Veblen (1908) The Evolution of the Scientific Point of View, University of California Chronicle

“All ritual has a notable tendency to reduce itself to a rehearsal of formulas.”

Thorstein Veblen kniha The Theory of the Leisure Class

Zdroj: The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), p. 122