Associations to the word «Veblen»
Noun
- Oswald
- Sociologist
- Leisure
- Economist
- Consumption
- Marx
- Geometry
- Axiom
- Economics
- Neumann
- Keynes
- Trickle
- Dewey
- Topology
- Wal
- Carleton
- Mathematician
- Vanderbilt
- Theorem
- Economic
- Hierarchy
- Maynard
- Princeton
- Spock
- Theory
- Cornelius
- Notation
- Capitalism
- Critique
- Socialism
- Sociology
- Thinker
- Georg
- Karl
- Ethic
- Enterprise
- Vatican
- Dissertation
- Workplace
- Dress
- Social
- Auction
- Wealth
- Variable
- Monitor
- Kirk
- Mason
- Mitchell
- Weber
- Ethics
- Status
- Herbert
- Mccoy
- Clothing
- Consumer
- Treatise
- Instructor
- Prize
- Good
- Decay
- Economy
- Kenneth
- Dakota
- Console
- Proof
- Mathematics
- Wage
- Immigrant
- Pm
- Price
- Institution
- Demand
- Fashion
- Stanford
Adjective
Wiktionary
VEBLEN GOOD, noun. A good for which people's preference for buying them increases as a direct function of their price, as greater price confers greater status.
Dictionary definition
VEBLEN, noun. United States economist who wrote about conspicuous consumption (1857-1929).
VEBLEN, noun. United States mathematician (1880-1960).
Wise words
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