Thorstein Veblen’s The Higher Learning in America with Christian Churchill and Gerald Levy

A century later, what did Veblen get right?References and suggested readings:Christian J. Churchill and Gerald Levy. 2011. The Enigmatic Academy: Class, Bureaucracy, and Religion in American Education. Temple University Press. Thorstein Veblen. 1918. The Higher Learning in America: A Memorandum on the Conduct of Universities by Business Men. PDF.Thorstein Veblen. 1899. The Theory of the Leisure Class. PDF.On Google’s former motto, “Don’t be evil.”Know Your Meme: “Wait. Is this f****** play about us?”Arthur J Vidich and Joseph Bensman. 2000. Small Town in Mass Society: Class, Power, and Religion in a Rural Community. University of Illinois Press.Hannah Arendt. The Origins of Totalitarianism.Tragedy of the education commons episode with Guy StandingHerbert Blumer. 1986. Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method. University of California Press.Peter Gould. 2026. Part for the Whole. Whetstone Publishing.John Williams. Stoner.Elizabeth Cotton. 2025. Ubertherapy: The New Business of Mental Health. Bristol University Press.christianjchurchill.com Jerry Levy’s faculty pageText the show here!Support the showBrowse the American Campus bookshelf