In it’s social and historic context, it can seem a very complex academic study. But it became a lasting and popular work of a guy that could be difficult to understand. Anthropology, economics, sociology and psychology all made for a strange brew. But two social concepts popularized by this book have endured and those are the notions of “conspicuous consumption” and “pecuniary emulation”.
Both ideas seem to be relevant to the spirit of this board.
