A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism: From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism

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Acknowledgments
Editor's Introduction
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Preface	p. 3
Introductory	p. 5
Pecuniary Emulation	p. 16
Conspicuous Leisure	p. 23
Conspicuous Consumption	p. 40
The Pecuniary Standard of Living	p. 57
Pecuniary Canons of Taste	p. 64
Dress as an Expression of the Pecuniary Culture	p. 90
In Criticism of Economists
Industrial and Pecuniary Employments	p. 103
Why Is Economics Not an Evolutionary Science?	p. 129
The Preconceptions of Economic Science	p. 144
The Socialist Economics of Karl Marx and His Followers	p. 164
The Basis of Social Institutions
Races and Peoples	p. 179
The Instinct of Workmanship	p. 185
Ownership and the Industrial Arts	p. 196
The Discipline of the Machine	p. 203
On the Merits of Borrowing	p. 212
On the Penalty of Taking the Lead	p. 221
The Case of the United States
The Captain of Industry	p. 231
The Independent Farmer	p. 242
The Country Town	p. 250
Culture, Religion, and Education
The Place of Science in Modern Civilization	p. 267
The Intellectual Pre-Eminence of Jews in Modern Europe	p. 285
Christian Morals and the Competitive System	p. 293
Salesmanship and the Churches	p. 304
The Higher Learning	p. 309
The "Great Man" and His "Just" Rewards	p. 328
On War, Peace, and Capitalism
The Dynastic State: The Case of Germany	p. 335
Peace and the Price System	p. 350
Review of J.M. Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace	p. 388
Books and Articles by Thorstein Veblen	p. 395
Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 396
Index	p. 397
About the Editor	p. 403
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