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Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure. - Thorstein Veblen

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American economist, 1857-1929

Born:30th July, 1857
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Starsign: Leo

Author Keywords: Economist, American

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Paul A Samuelson, David Ricardo, W Stanley Jevons, Larry Summers, John Maynard Keynes

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