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Cover of The Collected Works of Thorstein Veblen

The Collected Works of Thorstein Veblen

  • Published: 1994
  • DOI: 10.4324/9780415105026
  • Set ISBN: 9780415105026

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Introduction
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Bibliographical Note

Veblen: Prelims, Thorstein Veblen, The Place of Economics in The Sciences, Veblen’s Attitude Towards Marx, Veblen’s Socialism, Social Implications of A Predatory System, The Economics of Education, The Field of Politics, Personal Prestige, A Summary and Estimate, Index, The Theory of The Leisure ClassPrelims, Introductory, Pecuniary Emulation, Conspicuous Leisure, Conspicuous Consumption, The Pecuniary Standard of Living, Pecuniary Canons of Taste, Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture, Industrial Exemption and Conservatism, The Conservation of Archaic Traits, Modern Survivals of Prowess, The Belief in Luck, Devout Observances, Survivals of the Non-Invidious Interest, The Higher Learning as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture, Index

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Introductory, The Machine Process, Business Enterprise, Business Principles, The Use of Loan Credit, Modern Business Capital, The Theory of Modern Welfare, Business Principles in Law and Politics, The Cultural Incidence of The Machine Process, The Natural Decay of Business Enterprise

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Introductory, Contamination of Instincts in Primitive Technology, The Savage State of the Industrial Arts, The Technology of the Predatory Culture, Ownership and the Competitive System, The Era of Handicraft1, The Machine Industry

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Introductory — Races and Peoples, The Old Order, The Dynastic State, The Case of England, Imperial Germany, The Industrial Revolution in Germany, The Economic Policy of The Imperial State, The Net Gain, Supplementary Notes

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Introductory: On the State and its Relation to War and Peace, On the Nature and Uses of Patriotism, On the Conditions of a Lasting Peace, Peace Without Honour, Peace and Neutrality, Elimination of the Unfit, Peace and the Price System

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Introductory: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, The Governing Boards, The Academic Administration and Policy, Academic Prestige and the Material Equipment, The Academic Personnel, The Portion of the Scientist, Vocational Training, Summary and Trial BalanceSummary and..., I, II, III, IV, V

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The Vested Interests and the Common Man: Prelims, The Instability of Knowledge and Belief, The Stability of Law and Custom, The State of the Industrial Arts, Free Income, The Vested Interests, The Divine Right of Nations, Live and Let Live, The Vested Interests and the Common Man, The Engineers and the Price SystemPrelims, On the Nature and Uses of Sabotage, The Industrial System and the Captains of Industry, The Captains of Finance and the Engineers, On the Danger of a Revolutionary Overturn, On the Circumstances Which Make for a Change, A Memorandum on a Practicable Soviet of Technicians

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The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation1, The Evolution of the Scientific Point of View1, Why is Economics not an Evolutionary Science?1, The Preconceptions of Economic Science I1, The Preconceptions of Economic Science II1, The Preconceptions of Economic Science III1, Professor Clark’s Economics1, The Limitations of Marginal Utility1, Gustav Schmoller’s Economics1, Industrial and Pecuniary Employments1, On the Nature of Capital I1, On the Nature of Capital II1, Some Neglected Points in the Theory of Socialism1, The Socialist Economics of Karl Marx and His Followers I1, The Socialist Economics of Karl Marx and his Followers II1, The Mutation Theory and the Blond Race1, The Blond Race and the Aryan Culture1, An Early Experiment in Trusts1

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Part I: Introductory, The Growth and Value of National Integrity, Law and Custom in Recent Times:, The Era of Free Competition, The Rise of the Corporation1, The Captain of Industry, The Case of America:: The Self-Made Man, The Independent Farmer, The Country Town, The New Gold, The Timber Lands and The Oil Fields, Part IIThe New Order of Business, The Industrial System of the New Order, The Technology of Physics and Chemistry, Manufactures and Salesmanship, The Larger Use of Credit, The Secular Trend

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Essays in Economics: Economic Theory in the Calculable Future1, Mr. Cumming’s Strictures on “The Theory of the Leisure Class”1, The Beginnings of Ownership1, The Barbarian Status of Women1, The Economic Theory of Woman’s Dress 1, The Instinct of Workmanship and the Irksomeness of Labor1, The Army of the Commonweal1, “The Overproduction Fallacy” 1, Credit and Prices1, Böhm-Bawerk’s Definition of Capital, and the Source of Wages 1, Fisher’s Rate of Interest1, Fisher’s Capital and Income1, Miscellaneous Papers: Kant’s Critique of Judgment1, Arts and Crafts1, Christian Morals and the Competitive System1, The Intellectual Pre-Eminence of Jews in Modern Europe1, An Experiment in eugenics1, War EssaysJapanese Lose Hope for Germany1, The Opportunity of Japan1, Menial Servants During the Period of the War1, Farm Labor for the Period of the War1, Farm Labor and the I.W.W.1, The War and Higher Learning1, A Memorandum on a Schedule of Prices for the Staple Foodstuffs1, Suggestions Touching the Working Program of an Inquiry into the Prospective Terms of Peace1, Outline of a Policy for the Control of the “Economic Penetration” of Backward Countries and of Foreign Investments1, The Passing of National Frontiers1, A Policy of Reconstruction1, Bolshevism is a Menace—to Whom?1, Peace1, Dementia præcox1, Between Bolshevism and War 1, Editorials from “The Dial”, The Economic Consequences of the Peace1

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