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Thorstein Veblen - Absentee Ownership (1923)

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Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.

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It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.

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Thorstein Veblen

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Born: July 30, 1857
Died: August 3, 1929 (aged 72)
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