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THORSTEIN VEBLEN American economist and social scientist (1857 - 1929)   CHECK READING LIST (2)   All business sagacity reduces itself in the last analysis to judicious use of sabotage.       - [Business] 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.       - [Nationalism] Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.       - [Consumption] In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing.       - [Education] Invention is the mother of necessity.       - [Invention] The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery.       - [Dogs] The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise than in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure.       - [Leisure] The GIGA name and the GIGA logo are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. GIGA-USA and GIGA-USA.COM are servicemarks of the domain owner. Copyright © 1999-2018 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Last Revised: 2018 December 10 Support GIGA.  Buy something from Amazon.

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