论现代体育的文化和经济意义

IF 2 2区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Cambridge Journal of Economics Pub Date : 2023-02-07 DOI:10.1093/cje/beac066

Luke Petach, J. Raines

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摘要

本文采用一种进化的制度主义方法来解释体育在美国持续流行的原因。维布伦在《休闲阶层理论》一书中提出了现代体育的两种文化和经济功能：作为一种维护休闲阶层价值的模式和一种明显浪费的手段。我们的分析强调了体育作为一种保护休闲阶层价值观的机构的作用，尤其是维布伦所说的“掠夺性力量”。我们确定了几个维布伦文化特征的当代例子，这些例子解释了美国对体育的喜爱，并说明了维布伦分析的持续适用性。最后，我们通过将我们的论点范围扩大到更广泛的进化制度主义文献，来支持维布莱尼的观点。

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Thorstein Veblen on the cultural and economic significance of modern sports

This paper adopts an evolutionary institutionalist approach to explain the persistent popularity of sports in the USA. Veblen’s writing in Theory of the Leisure Class suggests two cultural and economic functions of modern sports: as a mode of preservation of leisure class values and as a means of conspicuous waste. Our analysis emphasises the role of sports as an institution for the preservation of leisure class values in general, and what Veblen terms ‘predatory prowess’ in particular. We identify several contemporary examples of Veblenian cultural traits that explain the affinity for sports in America and illustrate the continued applicability of Veblen’s analysis. Finally, we offer support for the Veblenian view by expanding the scope of our argument to the broader evolutionary institutionalist literature.

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Cambridge Journal of Economics ECONOMICS-

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4.30

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期刊介绍： The Cambridge Journal of Economics, founded in 1977 in the traditions of Marx, Keynes, Kalecki, Joan Robinson and Kaldor, provides a forum for theoretical, applied, policy and methodological research into social and economic issues. Its focus includes: •the organisation of social production and the distribution of its product •the causes and consequences of gender, ethnic, class and national inequities •inflation and unemployment •the changing forms and boundaries of markets and planning •uneven development and world market instability •globalisation and international integration.