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The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength and t
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"The basis on which good repute in any highly organized industrial community ultimately rests is pecuniary strength; and the means of showing pecuniary strength, and so of gaining or retaining a good name, are leisure and a conspicuous consumption of goods"

- Thorstein Veblen
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USA Flag This quote is written / told by Thorstein Veblen between July 30, 1857 and August 3, 1929. He/she was a famous Economist from USA. The author also have 12 other quotes.

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