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The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise than in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure. - Thorstein Veblen

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American economist, 1857-1929

Born:30th July, 1857
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Author Keywords: Economist, American

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