Thorstein Veblen: The independent thinker whose contributions advanced a distinct tradition of heterodox economics
ABSTRACT Challenging Charles Camic’s perspective, this article argues that Thorstein Veblen’s time at the top amounted to about nineteen years; a fraction of his professional career. While drawing from and building upon challenges associable with a changing world which he faced - related to the endi...
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| description | ABSTRACT Challenging Charles Camic’s perspective, this article argues that Thorstein Veblen’s time at the top amounted to about nineteen years; a fraction of his professional career. While drawing from and building upon challenges associable with a changing world which he faced - related to the ending of Laissez-faire and the rise of big business; the institutions initiated for prosecuting World War I; and the accompanying rise of the vested interests - Veblen’s writings effectively and propitiously provided a solid foundation for an American school of heterodox thought known as Original Institutional Economics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ff2fa11020f14d5694fd883e4e9c7e4d2025-08-20T03:11:51ZengEditora 34Brazilian Journal of Political Economy1809-45382025-07-0145310.1590/0101-31572025-3640Thorstein Veblen: The independent thinker whose contributions advanced a distinct tradition of heterodox economicsJOHN BATTAILE HALLhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9119-045XABSTRACT Challenging Charles Camic’s perspective, this article argues that Thorstein Veblen’s time at the top amounted to about nineteen years; a fraction of his professional career. While drawing from and building upon challenges associable with a changing world which he faced - related to the ending of Laissez-faire and the rise of big business; the institutions initiated for prosecuting World War I; and the accompanying rise of the vested interests - Veblen’s writings effectively and propitiously provided a solid foundation for an American school of heterodox thought known as Original Institutional Economics.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31572025000300210&lng=en&tlng=enCharles CamicThorstein VeblenJoseph DorfmanRobert HeilbronerOriginal Institutional Economics |
| spellingShingle | JOHN BATTAILE HALL Thorstein Veblen: The independent thinker whose contributions advanced a distinct tradition of heterodox economics Brazilian Journal of Political Economy Charles Camic Thorstein Veblen Joseph Dorfman Robert Heilbroner Original Institutional Economics |
| title | Thorstein Veblen: The independent thinker whose contributions advanced a distinct tradition of heterodox economics |
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| topic | Charles Camic Thorstein Veblen Joseph Dorfman Robert Heilbroner Original Institutional Economics |
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