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==Further reading== {{wiktionary}} * {{gutenberg|no=833|name=Theory of the Leisure Class |author= Thorstein Veblen|date=1899}} * [https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1902veblen00.asp Thorstein Veblen: Conspicuous Consumption, 1902] at Fordham University's "Modern History Sourcebook" * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190623171545/https://www2.gwu.edu/~ccps/etzioni/B117.pdf The Good Life: An International Perspective], a short article by [[Amitai Etzioni]] <!-- these external links are just examples of CC ==External links== * [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-toystoreshooting29-2008nov29,0,5989270.story Conspicuous consumption at its worst ... shooting at Toys R Us on Black Friday] (2008), ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' * [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html?hp Wal-Mart employee trampled to death by shoppers hungry for deals] (2008), ''[[New York Times]]'' *[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-obscene-displays-of-wealth-that-shock-average-americans-2016-09-22 10 obscene displays of wealth] (Sept 2016), ''[[MarketWatch]]'' --> {{instecon|state=expanded}} {{Thorstein Veblen}} {{wealth|state=collapsed}} {{Population}} [[Category:Anti-corporate activism]] [[Category:Consumerism]] [[Category:Consumption]] [[Category:Institutional economics]] [[Category:Narcissism]] [[Category:Socio-economic mobility]] [[Category:Thorstein Veblen]]
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