Talk:The Theory of the Leisure Class/Archives/2015

My browser crashes if I stay in Wikipedia edit box too long

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. My schedule compels me to stop now; I will finish it tomorrow morning. --L. 22:55, 3 Feb 2005 (UTC) Finally done - my browser crashes if I stay in Wikipedia edit box too long. Anyone who read his Theory of Business Enterprise probably has more to say here. Add away. --L. 21:55, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps this article could refer to how "conspicuous consumption" refutes or avoids the central tenet of neoclassical economics: maximization. Utility maximization in the form of playing hockey rather than spending time making valued handicrafts is perfectly reasonable. The discussion seems to be attempted with an ignorance of what neoclassical economics is, therefore creating an empty dialectic as opposed to an informative rendition of the topic.

Anonymous boy - this ain't an article on a "topic" - it's an article on a "book." Go play with the neoclassical article or STFU and let us full-article contributors get on with our work. --L. 19:56, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

"The concept of conspicuous consumption has been carried forward to this day, and is often used to criticize advertising and to explain why poorer classes have been unable to advance economically. His views on the uselessness of "businessmen," while usually discarded, have been adopted in modified form by none other than Warren Buffett. However, it is generally not believed that technocrats will eventually rule society."

Sorry, but where did this bit about technocrats not ruling society come from?