‘Veblen’ Review: Scourge of the Elites
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#3https://archive.is/8brwi
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#4https://archive.is/8brwi
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You're probably using Cloudflare's DNS. https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/135222/why-does-...
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#5Veblen's theory of conspicuous leisure is underrated compared to his more well known theory of conspicuous consumption but it's odd that this article gives the "competitive wonkery often displayed on Twitter" as a modern example rather than something more obvious such as posting pictures from exotic vacations on instagram or facebook.
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#6Here's a thought: Open source project contributions can function as a Veblen good. Made to display or assert status and to communicate that you produce intellectual property in such bulk that you can afford to give it away.
Surely open source contributions occur for many reasons but I'm inclined that the above is an important one.
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#8My economist professor that required us to bring a dictionary to class everyday also made us read Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class.
Thank you!
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#9Here's a thought: Open source project contributions can function as a Veblen good. Made to display or assert status and to communicate that you produce intellectual property in such bulk that you can afford to give it away. Surely open source contributions occur for many reasons but I'm inclined that the above is an important one.
Some people can afford to give away all of their output, so that's not a good signal.
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#10Some Twitter accounts definitely remind me of long-forgotten Veblen. Not conspicuous consumption, but conspicuous virtue.