Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical and Historical Scaffolding -- 3. Beginnings -- 4. Entering and Leaving -- 5. Young Philosopher -- 6. Transition -- 7. Young Economist -- 8. Working in the Field -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes --...

"Thorstein Veblen's analysis of America's parasitic upper class, which plunders its wealth from productive workers, is widely attributed to his outsider status. But Charles Camic shows that Veblen's ideas did not derive from social marginality. Veblen was a professional economist whose fierce...