Mediaeval castles, Venetian palaces, colonial mansions, all represented a form of social importance, what veblen has called conspicuous waste.
"The Cost of Shelter"
Ellen H. Richards
Safer than rich food, less wasteful than gorgeous clothing, but, as veblen truly says, "through discrimination in favor of visible consumption it has come about that the domestic life of most classes is relatively shabby.
"The Cost of Shelter"
Ellen H. Richards
Among the works referred to, I may mention two of great originality: a book filled with bold paradox by Thorstein veblen, entitled Peace?
"The Forerunners"
Romain Rolland