{"product_id":"absentee-ownership-and-its-discontents-critical-essays-on-the-legacy-of-thorstein-veblen-paperback","title":"Absentee Ownership and its Discontents: Critical Essays on the Legacy of Thorstein Veblen - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Hudson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAhmet Öncü\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Essays presented at the International Thorstein Veblen Association conference in Istanbul (2012): \"Veblen, Capitalism and Possibilities for a Rational Economic Order.\" Quotes below from the book: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Most American economists in the early 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century studied in Germany and were taught that John Stuart Mill's 1848 \u003cem\u003ePrinciples of Political Economy\u003c\/em\u003e was the high-water mark of classical thought. However, Mill's reformist philosophy turned out to be \"not a goal but a half-way house\" toward the Progressive Era's reforms [generally the 1890s to 1920s following the excesses of The Guilded Age]. ... But the classical approach to political economy continued to evolve, above all through Thorstein Veblen.\" - Michael Hudson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Veblenian critique calls for anger, but not despair. On the political front, his critique of the ... social order has helped move three generations to take political action against it: first the New Dealers of the 1930s and 1940s, next the counterculture youth of the 1960s and the 1970s and now the egalitarian protesters of the New Millennium. So far they have failed ... [and] the stakes have increased after each failure.\" -- William M. Dugger (Foreword)\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43322748633223,"sku":"9783981484274","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6dRdz60dG9783981484274.webp?v=1760561412","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/absentee-ownership-and-its-discontents-critical-essays-on-the-legacy-of-thorstein-veblen-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}