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托斯丹·凡勃伦:有闲阶级论·摘录 54

托斯丹·凡勃伦《有闲阶级论》· The Theory of the Leisure Class · 投资

The greater prevalence of dissipation among printers than among the average of workmen is accordingly attributable, at least in some measure, to the greater ease of movement and the more transient character of acquaintance and human contact in this trade. But the substantial ground of this high requirement in dissipation is in the last analysis no other than that same propensity for a manifestation of dominance and pecuniary decency which makes the French peasant-proprietor parsimonious and frugal, and induces the American millionaire to found colleges, hospitals and museums. If the canon of conspicuous consumption were not offset to a considerable extent by other features of human nature, alien to it, any saving should logically be impossible for a population situated as the artisan and laboring classes of the cities are at present, however high their wages or their income might be.

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定位:Excerpt 54 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

印刷工人比普通工人更常挥霍,部分原因在于这个行业流动性大、人际关系短暂。但这种高消费要求的根本原因,归根结底还是那种表现支配地位和金钱体面的倾向——它让法国自耕农节俭,也让美国百万富翁捐建学院、医院和博物馆。如果炫耀性消费的准则没有在很大程度上被人性中与之无关的其他特征抵消,那么按逻辑,城市工匠和劳动阶级无论工资多高,都不可能存下钱。

上下文

凡勃伦以印刷工人为例,说明流动性如何加剧炫耀性消费,并联系到人性中的支配倾向。

今日一问

你的行业或圈子是否因为流动性大而更看重“看起来有钱”?你如何抵抗这种压力?

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