This thinker wrote that Jews flflourished in science because living within Christian societies made them more skeptical ofestablished ideas in his essay "The Intellectual Preeminence of Jews in Modern Europe.
This thinker wrote that Jews flflourished in science because living within Christian societies made them more skeptical ofestablished ideas in his essay "The Intellectual Preeminence of Jews in Modern Europe." This thinker argued that ownershipbegan when warriors in primitive societies started habitually seizing female captives in essays such as "The Beginnings ofOwnership." He wrote that the relative lateness of Germany's industrialization enabled it to borrow knowledge from Britainwithout being hampered by existing obsolete infrastructure, an example of what he called "penalty of taking the lead." Thiseconomist argued that business leaders keep prices artiÂficially high by sabotaging production, in contrast to industrial workerssuch as engineers motivated by the "instinct of workmanship." He pioneered institutional economics in books such asImperial Germany and the Industrial Revolution and The Theory of Business Enterprise. For 10 points, name this Americaneconomist who coined the phrase "conspicuous consumption" in his book The Theory of the Leisure Class.
This thinker wrote that Jews flflourished in science because living within Christian societies made them more skeptical ofestablished ideas in his essay "The Intellectual Preeminence of Jews in Modern Europe.
 Thorstein Bunde Veblen