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Thorstein Veblen

1857 - 1929

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Thorstein Bunde Veblen (; July 30, 1857 – August 3, 1929) was an 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 (1899), Veblen coined the concepts of conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure. Veblen laid the foundation for the perspective of institutional economics. Contemporary economists still theorize Veblen's distinction between "institutions" and "technology", known as the Veblenian dichotomy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thorstein Veblen is the 72nd most popular economist (down from 51st in 2019), the 1,171st most popular biography from United States (down from 736th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Economist.

Thorstein Veblen is most famous for his book The Theory of the Leisure Class, which examines the social and economic aspects of society.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Thorstein Veblen ranks 72 out of 414. Before him are Franco Modigliani, Lawrence Klein, Kenneth Arrow, Robert Mundell, Benjamin Graham, and Friedrich List. After him are Gérard Debreu, James Tobin, Robert Solow, Murray Rothbard, Finn E. Kydland, and Beatrice Webb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Thorstein Veblen ranks 30. Before him are Edward Emerson Barnard, Axel Munthe, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Georg Michaelis, and Joseph Babinski. After him are Aleksandr Lyapunov, Ida Tarbell, A. E. Waite, Karl Pearson, Cécile Chaminade, and Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1929, Thorstein Veblen ranks 21. Before him are Thomas Burke, Maria Christina of Austria, Aby Warburg, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Otto Liman von Sanders, and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia. After him are Antoine Bourdelle, Mercédès Jellinek, Wyatt Earp, Sadhu Sundar Singh, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Prince Henry of Prussia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thorstein Veblen ranks 1,171 out of 20,380. Before him are Matthew C. Perry (1794), Frank Caprio (1936), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), Charles Best (1899), and John Dos Passos (1896). After him are Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Clifford Geertz (1926), Bill Evans (1929), L. Ron Hubbard (1911), Robert Wagner (1930), and James Cromwell (1940).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Thorstein Veblen ranks 19. Before him are Gary Becker (1930), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), Theodore Schultz (1902), Douglass North (1920), Lawrence Klein (1920), and Kenneth Arrow (1921). After him are James Tobin (1918), Robert Solow (1924), Murray Rothbard (1926), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), James M. Buchanan (1919), and Irving Fisher (1867).

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