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 Standing
• Herbert 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 page