Nigeria, Aug. 11 -- I still have not gotten round to reading Thorstein Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class. My copy of the economics classic has spent half-a-lifetime on my "To-read" list, by the way. My latest explanation for this dithering is that recently the evolution of economic theory and thought, and the ongoing neuralgic assault on ramparts of the discipline that we thought settled are too intense, you might say, to allow a nostalgic stroll down the dismal science's chequered past. However, in the run up to last weekend, watching (I did so more than twice, I do confess) footage of Wasiu Ayinde Adewale Omogbolahan Anifowoshe (aka K1 De Ultimate) physically (he is not built like Power Mike, by the way) attempt to obstruct a plane p...