Economics for ConsumersAmerican Book Company, 1944 - 666 pages |
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Page 640
... increase in the number of individual breaks in price ceilings , attributed to conditions resulting from uncontrolled farm prices and uncontrolled wages . On September 7 , the President intervened with a fighting speech in which he ...
... increase in the number of individual breaks in price ceilings , attributed to conditions resulting from uncontrolled farm prices and uncontrolled wages . On September 7 , the President intervened with a fighting speech in which he ...
Page 645
... increase of 42 per cent.1 Price increases may take the form also of concealed or partially con- cealed reductions in weight , measure , or content . Knowing how few consumers check the net weight or measure of the things they buy ...
... increase of 42 per cent.1 Price increases may take the form also of concealed or partially con- cealed reductions in weight , measure , or content . Knowing how few consumers check the net weight or measure of the things they buy ...
Page 651
... increases to bring them in line with the increased costs of living . It has been estimated that a 10 per cent increase in wages would in itself increase the cost of living by 44 per cent . In absolute figures that 1 See President's Food ...
... increases to bring them in line with the increased costs of living . It has been estimated that a 10 per cent increase in wages would in itself increase the cost of living by 44 per cent . In absolute figures that 1 See President's Food ...
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