The Vested Interests and the Common Man

("The Modern Point of View and the New Order")

Thorstein VeblenAuthor

"In The Vested Interests and the Common Man, long considered a classic text of economics, Veblen discusses various financial transformations within the historical unfolding of capitalism and examines the value of free enterprise in general. It emphasizes the automation and the loss of direct human relations within the industrial arts as well as social repercussions of capitalistic industry." (Description Source: Google Books)

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