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Quotation from The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen
“Ownership began and grew into a human institution on grounds unrelated to the subsistence minimum.”
The Theory of the Leisure Class, Chapter Two, Pecuniary Emulation (Project Gutenberg text)
Veblen argues that the motive of accumulation is invidious distinction, not physical need.
Citation: "Ownership began and grew into a human institution on grounds unrelated to the subsistence minimum." — Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class, Chapter Two, Pecuniary Emulation (Project Gutenberg text). (id veblen-theory-of-the-leisure-class-q2)
Portrait: Veblen3a, Unknown, Public domain.
