Veblenianadj.n.
/vəˈbliːnɪən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the work of Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), U.S. economist and social scientist, esp. the ideas (as of conspicuous consumption) expounded in his book Theory of the Leisure Class (1899).
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society > trade and finance > management of money > [adjective] > relating to political economy > specific doctrines or theories
protective1822
protectionate1853
Veblenian1931
Friedmanian1969
Friedmanite1979
1931 Encycl. Social Sci. V. 388/2 The Veblenian terminology of American institutionalism.
1953 D. Riesman Thorstein Veblen viii. 180 Those high-income people..who buy..with a Veblenian ascetic eye on their own motivations.
1968 Internat. Encycl. Social Sci. IV. 462/2 Economists working in the Veblenian tradition.
1982 Jrnl. Econ. Issues 16 757 The Veblenian dichotomy is the central analytical tool of institutional economists in the Veblen-Ayres tradition.
B. n.
One who supports or advocates Veblenian ideas.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > [noun] > public > science of > specific doctrines or theories > one who
cameralist1814
Friedmanite1970
Veblenian1973
society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > specific theories or doctrines > supporters of
physiocrat1798
Ricardian1825
protectionist1834
marginalist1907
cameralist1909
Keynesian1938
rationalist1958
monetarist1961
structuralist1962
Paretan1969
Veblenian1973
market fundamentalist1993
1973 Hist. Political Econ. V. 449 (heading) Hoxie's economics in retrospect: the making and unmaking of a Veblenian.
1982 J. D. MacDonald Cinnamon Skin xix. 210 Veblen died in 1929 at the age of seventy-two... I have never been a Veblenian myself.
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