Who is Leisure Class from The Theory of the Leisure Class and what is their importance?

The leisure class is the upper class of society. They have emerged in the process of development as the strongest and most able of men and the ones who accumulated possessions. The wealth of the different members of the community is now measured in terms of the number of servants they own. Not only is the number of servants important, but also the behavior of the servants as members of this class; in addition, their servants are judged by their decorum or manners. Manners determine where the individual ranks in the society.