...Missouri--Kansas City, in Madison, N.J., when one afternoon we went to one of those old bookstores these towns have. I was amazed to find an old book about Veblen, one that I have never heard about.

But what drew my attention was that this book was not about Veblen's theories but about Veblen as a person, about the year he spent at Stanford University living at the Cedro House which was offered by the university for the 1907-1908 academic year.

An interesting policy during those times was that students were assigned to work in the households of professors doing chores, errands and taking care of all the work in the house in exchange...

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