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Essential Writings of

Thorstein Veblen

Edited by
Charles Camic/a'nd Geoffrey M. Hodgson

Routledge
Taylor & Francis Group

LONDON AND NEW YORK


Contents

General Introduction 1

Parti

1882-1898: EARLY WORKS , 41

1 Mill's theory of the taxation of land (1882) 53

2 Kant's Critique of Judgment (1884) 54

3 Some neglected points in the theory of socialism (1891) 64

4 Bohm-Bawerk's definition of capital and the source of

wages (1892) 77

5 The food supply and the price of wheat (1893) 80

6 Review of The Land-Systems of British India by


B. H. Baden-Powell (1893) 91
7 Review of Der Parlamentarismus, die Volksgesetzgebung und

die Socialdemokratie by Karl Kautsky (1894) 94

8 The economic theory of woman's dress (1894) 96

9 Review of Misere de la philosophie by Karl Marx, and of


Socialisme et science positive by Enrico Ferri (1896) 104
10 Review of Einfuhrung in den Socialismus by Richard
Calwer(1897) 110
11 Review of Essais sur la conception materialiste de Vhistoire by
Antonio Labriola (1897) 113
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12 Review of Die Marxistische Socialdemokratie by Max Lorenz (1897) 115

13 Review of Uber einige Grundfragen der Socialpolitik und der


Volkswirtschaftslehre by Gustav Schmoller (1898) 117

14 Review of Aristocracy and Evolution: A Study of the Rights, the


Origins and the Social Functions of the Wealthier Classes by
William H. Mallock (1898) 121

Part II

1898-1899: INTELLECTUAL EFFLORESCENCE 127

15 Why is economics not an evolutionary science? (1898) 143

16 The instinct of workmanship and the irksomeness of labor (1898) 158

17 The beginnings of ownership (1898) 169

18 The barbarian status of women (1899) 179


19 The preconceptions of economic science, Parts I, II and III
(1899-1900) 188

20 Review of The Development of English Thought: A Study in the


Economic Interpretation of History by Simon N. Patten (1899) 244

21 The Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the


Evolution of Institutions, Chapter VIII (1899) 251

Partm
1899-1906: CRITIQUES AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS 263

22 Mr. Cummings's strictures on The Theory of the Leisure


Class (1899) 271

23 Review of Social Laws: An Outline of Sociology by

Gabriel Tarde (1900) 280

24 Industrial and pecuniary employments (1901) 281

25 Gustav Schmoller's economics (1901) 307


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26 Review of Psychologie economique by Gabriel

Tarde (1902) 323

27 Review of Der moderne Kapitalismus by Werner Sombart (1903) 326

28 Review of Pure Sociology: A Treatise Concerning the Origin

and Spontaneous Development of Society by Lester Ward (1903) 332

29 The Theory of Business Enterprise, Chapter VI (1904) 334

30 The place of science in modern civilization (1906) 355

31 The socialist economics of Karl Marx and his followers,


Parts I and II (1906-07) 373
Part IV
1907-1914: THE PENULTIMATE PERIOD 401

32 Professor Clark's economics (1908) 410

33 On the nature of capital, Parts I and II (1908) 441

34 The evolution of the scientific point of view (1908) 478

35 Fisher's Capital and Income (1908); Fisher's Rate of Interest (1909) 492

36 The limitations of marginal utility (1909) 513

37 The mutation theory and the blond race (1913) 525

38 The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts,


Preface, Chapters I, and Chapters II (excerpt) (1914) 537

Bibliographies
1 Complete List of Thorstein Veblen's Published Writings 577
2 List of Works Cited by Thorstein Veblen 584
3 References Cited by Editors 591

Index 605

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