Early Article: Why the New Leisure Class Enjoys Activism and Philanthropy
Wealthy aristocrats once demonstrated their power and status by entering government, making war, and funding churches and artists. Though the forms have changed, they still do today.
This article by Ben Landau-Taylor will be published at Palladium Magazine on October 24, 2025.
In 1899, Thorstein Veblen published The Theory of the Leisure Class, which soon became one of the most influential works of economics and anthropology ever written. Today it is best remembered for its role in stigmatizi…
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