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To: TobagoJack who wrote (51027)6/7/2009 4:31:36 AM
From: elmatador   of 217792
 
The man who dissecated wastrelism: "conspicuous consumption" often came "conspicuous waste," which Veblen detested. Much of modern advertising is built upon a Veblenian notion of consumption.
en.wikipedia.org

Veblen is one of my gurus when I was studying on the 'life university. Sergio Bittencourt would send some money for me to buy books. He is the long haired guy in front of me in 1975 photo.


In 1999 I paid an one hour flight above Stockholm as a token of my appreciation for the books. He no longer has hairs.

Works for Swedish-Swiss ABB building a steel mill (CSA) in Rio de Janeiro.

The president of the steel mill CSA just died in the AF plane crash
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