Reading Room redux: Thorstein Veblen's rant à clef

…More #highered history: CorporateU is nothing new to US. Revisit Veblen, an early Reading Room entry, with commentary, a treat from L.D. Burnett at US Intellectual History, 

I have been keeping company with Veblen.  He may wince not, but I sure do -- that is, when I'm not laughing out loud at his mordant wit.  His savagely brilliant sarcasm has a bite far worse than its bark.  I would not want to be on the receiving end of such a scathing polemic as he delivers in The Higher Learning in America.*  This has been a fierce, fun read.