{"product_id":"the-engineers-and-the-price-thorstein-veblen-9781596058927","title":"The Engineers and the Price System","description":"One of the great thinkers of the early 20th century, American economist and sociologist THORSTEIN BUNDE VEBLEN (1857-1929) is best remembered for coining the phrase \"conspicuous consumption.\" But he also, in this 1921 volume, foresaw the rise of the scientist and the technologist as an economic power. Here, he explains... . the conflict between the entrepreneur and the engineer . the new power of the technological craftsman in the industrial scheme . why any \"revolution\" in America would come from organized labor . and more. ALSO FROM COSIMO: Veblen's The Vested Interests and the Common Man, The Theory of Business Enterprise, Imperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution, An Inquiry into the Nature of Peace and the Terms of Its Perpetuation, and The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorstein Veblen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1596058927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596058927\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Thorstein Veblen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372424122623,"sku":"9781596058927","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98a6a216-d6ce-4731-b1f8-4a1fc1937767.jpg?v=1732725904","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-engineers-and-the-price-thorstein-veblen-9781596058927","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}