Front Page Authors (by Period) Thorstein Veblen

Thorstein Veblen

1857 - 1929

About the Author

A pioneer American sociologist who is best remembered for his work on the “leisure class” in America. [The image comes from “The Warren J. Samuels Portrait Collection at Duke University.”]

In The Library:

• author: The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study of Institutions (1899)