It frequently happens that an element of the standard of living which set out with being primarily wasteful, ends with becoming, in the apprehension of the consumer, a necessary of life.


p. 99. - The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899)

Thorstein Veblen Quotes

It frequently happens that an element of the standard of living which set out with being primarily wasteful, ends with becoming, in the apprehension...

It frequently happens that an element of the standard of living which set out with being primarily wasteful, ends with becoming, in the apprehension...

It frequently happens that an element of the standard of living which set out with being primarily wasteful, ends with becoming, in the apprehension...

It frequently happens that an element of the standard of living which set out with being primarily wasteful, ends with becoming, in the apprehension...