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Conspicuos consumption in retrospect: the converging visions of Veblen and Bourdieu

Rocca Costa Frola, Andrea Virginia

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Is the man really an homo oeconomicus? Conspicuous consumption, emulation and social prestige: Thorstein Bunde Veblen. Pierre Bourdieu theory of social action. The coverging views of Veblen and Bordieu.

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Is the man really an homo oeconomicus? Conspicuous consumption, emulation and social prestige: Thorstein Bunde Veblen. Pierre Bourdieu theory of social action. The coverging views of Veblen and Bordieu.

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Is the man really an homo oeconomicus? Conspicuous consumption, emulation and social prestige: Thorstein Bunde Veblen. Pierre Bourdieu theory of social action. The coverging views of Veblen and Bordieu.

Key concepts: Veblen good, Vision, Consumption (sociology), Neoclassical economics, Sociology, Social science, Economics, Anthropology

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