...merchandising, litigation, church enterprise, and the like, commonly begin with some share in this real-estate speculation. This affords a common bond and a common...land values involves an interest in the continued growth of the town. Hence any creditable misrepresentation of the town's volume of business traffic,...

...cultivation of the adjacent agricultural area. It never (hitherto) loses this character of real-estate speculation. This affords a common bond and a common...interest, which commonly masquerades under the name of public patriotism, public spirit, civic pride, and the like." In other words, Town, in the traditional...

...cultivation of the adjacent agricultural area. lt never (hitherto) loses this character of real-estate speculation. This affords a common bond and a common...interest, which commonly masquerades under the name of public patriotism, public spirit, civic pride, and the like." ln other words, Town, in the traditional...

...reality. The "business-like . . . character of real estate speculation" in the Midwest, wrote Veblen, "affords a common bond and a common ground of pecuniary...interest, which commonly masquerades under the name of public patriotism, public spirit, civic pride, and the like."39 To mistake the masquerade for the motive...

...cultivation of the adjacent agricultural area. It never (hitherto) loses the character of real-estate speculation. This affords a common bond and a common...interest, which commonly masquerades under the name of public patriotism, public spirit, civic pride, and the like." In other words, Town, in the traditional...

...cultivation of the adjacent agricultural area. It never (hitherto) loses this character of real-estate speculation. This affords a common bond and a common...interest, which commonly masquerades under the name of public patriotism, public spirit, civic pride, and the like." In other words, Town, in the traditional...