Veblen, Thorstein Bunde

US economist and social philosopher

helped found "The Journal of Political Economy" 1892

editor of "The Journal of Political Economy" 1892-1905

wrote "The Theory of the Leisure Class" 1899, "The Theory of Business Enterprise" 1904, "The Instinct of Workmanship" 1914, "An Inquiry Into the Nature of Peace" 1917, "The Higher Learning in America" 1918

uncle of Oswald Veblen