The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of Institutions - Tapa blanda

Thorstein Veblen's classic treatise on the social stratification of western economies, which lends power and wealth to those in the upper class who control the means of production. Empowered by consumerism and enable to pursue non-productive activities of conspicuous consumerism, this "leisure class" enjoys a lavish lifestyle in societies defined by economic inequality.