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1. What is the irony of the “derivative fact” that Thorstein Veblen refers to in paragraph 1?

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   Questions: - What is the irony of the “derivative fact” that Thorstein Veblen refers to in paragraph 1?
2. If the “leisure rendered by the wife” is “not a simple manifestation of idleness or indolence” (par. 2), then what is it, according to Veblen?

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   Questions: - If the “leisure rendered by the wife” is “not a simple manifestation of idleness or indolence” (par. 2), then what is it, according to Veblen?
3. What vicious cycle is Veblen pointing out in the following two sentences: “Not that the results of her attention to household matters…are not pleasing. [They are] because we have been taught to find them pleasing” (par. 2)?

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   Questions: - What vicious cycle is Veblen pointing out in the following two sentences: “Not that the results of her attention to household matters…are not pleasing. [They are] because we have been taught to find them pleasing” (par. 2)?
4. What is “the great economic law of wasted effort” (par. 2)?

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   Questions: - What is “the great economic law of wasted effort” (par. 2)?
5. What does Veblen mean by such descriptive phrases as “vicarious leisure” (par. 1), “conspicuous leisure” (par. 1), and “vicarious consumption” (par. 3), which he uses throughout this excerpt? Are these phrases synonymous?

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   Questions: - What does Veblen mean by such descriptive phrases as “vicarious leisure” (par. 1), “conspicuous leisure” (par. 1), and “vicarious consumption” (par. 3), which he uses throughout this excerpt? Are these phrases synonymous?
6. What is the “archaic institution” (par. 3)? Why does this institution result in women who are wives remaining “chattel in theory” and having no choice but to act as “the unfree servant”?

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   Questions: - What is the “archaic institution” (par. 3)? Why does this institution result in women who are wives remaining “chattel in theory” and having no choice but to act as “the unfree servant”?
7. What precisely is the argument Veblen is making in this excerpt? To what extent do you agree with his reasoning?

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   Questions: - What precisely is the argument Veblen is making in this excerpt? To what extent do you agree with his reasoning?