leisure class

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The rich, so called because they can afford not to work. The term was made current by the economist Thorstein Veblen in his book The Theory of the Leisure Class.

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Midway between these extremes lies the everyday speech of leisure-class conversation and literature.

The Theory of the Leisure Class |Thorstein Veblen
Very fitly does Mr. Veblen, in his interesting book, call decorum "a product and an exponent of the leisure-class life."

Bushido, the Soul of Japan |Inazo Nitob
This leisure-class function is not without an important bearing on the higher and on the spread of knowledge and culture.

The Theory of the Leisure Class |Thorstein Veblen
It is rather that the leisure-class scheme of life here comes to an expression at the second remove.

The Theory of the Leisure Class |Thorstein Veblen

This contention of the leisure-class spokesmen of the humanities seems to be substantially sound.

The Theory of the Leisure Class |Thorstein Veblen

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