American academic
According to Wikipedia, Thorstein Bunde Veblen was a Norwegian-American economist and sociologist who, during his lifetime, emerged as a well-known critic of capitalism. In his best-known book, The Theory of the Leisure Class , Veblen coined the concepts of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. Historians of economics regard Veblen as the founding father of the institutional economics school. Contemporary economists still theorize Veblen's distinction between "institutions" and "technology", known as the Veblenian dichotomy.
Thorstein Veblen is affiliated with the following schools:
Thorstein Veblen is most known for their academic work in the field of sociology. They are also known for their academic work in the fields of economics and literature.
Thorstein Veblen has made the following academic contributions: