Economics for ConsumersAmerican Book Company, 1944 - 666 pages |
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Page 43
... profit . If diluted kerosene can be sold as an insecticide at several hundred per cent profit , it will be sold even though it is not good for that purpose or is overpriced . The profit and loss statement is definite , clear , and objec ...
... profit . If diluted kerosene can be sold as an insecticide at several hundred per cent profit , it will be sold even though it is not good for that purpose or is overpriced . The profit and loss statement is definite , clear , and objec ...
Page 44
... profits . A second consumer objection to the profit system is that it causes producers to attempt to control consumer demand and to guide it into those channels which will prove most profitable to producers rather than most beneficial ...
... profits . A second consumer objection to the profit system is that it causes producers to attempt to control consumer demand and to guide it into those channels which will prove most profitable to producers rather than most beneficial ...
Page 201
... profit as possible , it is an easy step to the practice of attempting to secure profit by any possible means . From an individual point of view it makes no difference whether profit accrues from the rendering of a service or from a ...
... profit as possible , it is an easy step to the practice of attempting to secure profit by any possible means . From an individual point of view it makes no difference whether profit accrues from the rendering of a service or from a ...
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