Thorstein Veblen Quote

So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we call self-respect.


What Veblen taught: selected writings of Thorstein Veblen (ed. 1964)


So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we call...

So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we call...

So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we call...

So soon as the possession of property becomes the basis of popular esteem, therefore, it becomes also a requisite to that complacency which we call...