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Nothing is impossible in this world. Firm determination, it is said, can move heaven and earth. Things appear far beyond one's power, because one cannot set his heart on any arduous project due to want of strong will.
Thorstein Veblen
Born: July 30, 1857
Died: August 3, 1929 (aged 72)
Bio: Thorstein Bunde Veblen was an American economist and sociologist. He was famous as a witty critic of capitalism.
Known for:
- The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899)
- The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904)
- Absentee Ownership (1923)
- The Engineers and the Price System (1921)
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