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Listen to native speakers pronounce “veblen” in real conversational contexts with synchronized timestamps and subtitles.
But, anyway, there we were and the first thing I wanted when I had my own money and the right to spend it as I chose, the very thing I wanted was blue jeans.The 19 century economist, Thorstein Veblen, coined the phrase, "conspicuous consumption" in 1890, whatever 1899, I think.He described the ultimate purpose of conspicuous consumption to look as though you were refraining from productive employment.