rapacious seizure develops into the organization of production based on private property (slaves), superior strength and trophies as an indicator of success replaced by the "canons of monetary respectability" and the criteria for the accumulation of property and "experience the idle life." These last are added in the "all-encompassing order of decency" with diligent exercise to develop good manners, education of taste and ability to "understand what commodities meet decency." " Conspicuous consumption В»(conspicuous consumption) expensive lifestyle products and a passion for" ostentatiously extravagant spectacle "become a leisure class forms of competition, motivated envious comparison, and gain reputation. Institution of the leisure class, according to Veblen, retards the development of society for three main reasons: the inertia inherent in the class itself, an example of conspicuous waste, the unequal distribution of wealth and means of subsistence (7) next major work of Veblen "Instinct skills and abilities of the industry" (1914) represents an attempt, based on new ideas in physiology ("tropisms" J. Loeb) and psychology ("Gorm" W. McDougall), to construct an alternative to the utilitarian model "hedonist optimizer. "Evolution of" finding effective means of subsistence "and production skills are in the" cumulative sequence devices "under the influence inherent in man" instincts, "by which Veblen understood not spontaneous, but purposeful behavior factors that develop in a particular cultural kontekste.V based economic activities of people are instincts. Although instincts are of ancient origin, they are continuously changing due to changes in social institutions, subject to the needs of the individual. Three major instinct: skill, parental feelings and curiosity, which are distorted and distorting private property.most important skill of instinct, which is the basis for the creation of useful goods. He is on the one hand and the desire for status, which provides the opportunity of leisure, on the other - are offshoots of the fundamental motive of human action, claim anciently - zavistnichestva, competitiveness. Humanity is evolving, becoming contrast between industry and business. Business is becoming the preserve of the new leisure class - money.main conclusion is the incompatibility of machine production and the profit motives. Business (financial capital), dominating the industry (workers, engineers, managers), holding back the development of production, does not perform any community service functions. Leisure class and consistently inevitably slows down the process of adaptation to the environment. Elimination rule Veblen business associates with the establishment of a technocratic system: decisive positions tezhnikam will own and control. Transition management of the economy in the hands of the Board of technicians from the general strike of engineers.transfer of power to the engineering elite in the 1930s called "techn...
