The development of Thorstein Veblen's theory of economic revolution

From the moment when Dr. Robert H. Montgomery's brilliant lectures enticed me into a study of economics, I have had a growing interest in Thorstein Veblen. A non-conformist in both his writings and his life, he was denied the honor and fame which would have come had he been more conventional. Yet it was because he refused to accept blindly any custom, convention, or theory that his works seem destined to outlive those produced by the more conventional and honored men of his time. This then is a study of a non-conformist, a revolutionary social thinker, and the development of his theoriesEconomic