The Engineers and the Price System
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Author | Thorstein Veblen |
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Language | English |
Subject | Economics, Political economy |
Published | 1921 |
Publisher | B. W. Huebsch |
Publication place | United States |
The Engineers and the Price System, by Thorstein Veblen, is a compilation of a series of papers originally published in The Dial in 1919,[1] each of which mainly analyzes and criticizes the price system, planned obsolescence, and artificial scarcity.[2] The final chapter outlined a plan for a "soviet of technicians".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Edgell, Stephen (2015). Veblen in Perspective. Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 9781563241161.
- ^ Veblen, Thorstein (1921). The Engineers and the Price System (PDF). New York: B. W. Huebsch. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ Akin, William (1977). Technocracy and the American Dream. University of California Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780520031104.
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