The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of Institutions

By T. Veblen. 2000

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The Complex Evolution of a Simple Traffic Convention: the Functions and Implications of Habit (2004, background): “Long ago Veblen (1899, p. 190) similarly identified habit as the psychological mechanism by which circumstances change preferences or dispositions: “The situation of today shapes the institutions of tomorrow through a selective, coercive process, by acting upon men’s habitual view of things” (emph”
Evolutionary social science and universal Darwinism (2006, background): “Thus Bagehot (1872), James (1897), Veblen (1898, 1899) , and others, argued that Darwinian mechanisms of evolution apply not simply to biology, but also to mental, epistemological, moral, social, and political evolution, although none of these authors fleshed out the details explicitly.”
Putting the “self” in selfies: how narcissism, envy and self-promotion motivate sharing of travel photos through social media (2020, background): “Travelers select selfies that make themselves appear attractive (Lyu, 2016), or as a form of conspicuous consumption (Veblen, 1899) in which their selfies display economic power for purposes of attaining or maintaining social status.”
The Limits of Fungibility: Relational Schemata and the Value of Things (2003, unknown): “…and Taboo Trade-Offs Social-relational theories, which derive inspiration from political philosophy and cultural anthropology, lead us to expect that people should be extremely resistant to certain types of transactions and trade-offs (Appadurai 1986; Foa and Foa 1974; Schlenker 1985; Veblen 1899).”
Marriage and Subjective Well-Being: How and Why Context Matters (2015, unknown): “A number of studies have offered support to this explanation (McBride 2001; Luttmer 2005; Firebaugh and Tach 2008) and other scholars have argued that given the nature of the US economy and culture, monetary accumulation has become an end in itself—a marker of status above and beyond its pragmatic v”
Why We Need a Generalized Darwinism, And Why Generalized Darwinism is Not Enough (2006, unknown): “9 See, for example, Veblen (1899, 1919), Keller (1915), Nelson and Winter (1982), Hayek (1988) and Hodgson (2003).”
The firm as an interactor: firms as vehicles for habits and routines (2004, background): “Significantly, Michael Hannan and John Freeman (1989, pp. 22– 23) argue that Lamarckian processes are unimportant in the population ecology of social organizations.”
Agency Problems in Large Family Business Groups (2003, background): “Veblen (1899,1920) , Krueger (1974), Olson (1963, 1982, 2000) and”
Status Goods: Experimental Evidence from Platinum Credit Cards (2017, unknown): “Essentially, these were customers to whom, for the purpose of our relatively small experiment, the bank was willing to offer an D ow nloaded from https://academ ic.oup.com /qje/article/133/3/1561/4768294 by U niversity of C hicago Libraries user on 03 M ay 2023 1570 QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS up”
Reclaiming habit for institutional economics (2004, background): “Instinctive behaviour and socialisation are not always rivals but often complements.”
Power and consumer behavior: How power shapes who and what consumers value (2012, background): “Based on our proposed communal orientation of low-power states, individuals may think of consumption as a means of achieving standing in the eyes of others through the acquisition of status objects (Veblen, 1899; Wicklund & Gollwitzer, 1982).”