The Theory of the Leisure Class

Thorstein Veblen

Brought up on Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, most recently on 2026-09-02.

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• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · Ray Madoff (on how billionaires avoid taxes & threaten capitalism)| Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard · at 21:01 · 2026-09-02

  “there was a book written by Vlin called the theory of the leisure class and it described about how they proved their worth in the social world by showing off their wealth”Discussed

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