Economics for ConsumersAmerican book Company, 1939 - 638 pages |
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Leland James Gordon. 25 Standards for Consumers THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STANDARDS Trade Is Based on Standards . Every commercial exchange involves the use of one or more ... Standards Standards in Use Quality Standards and Prac- tices Needed.
Leland James Gordon. 25 Standards for Consumers THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STANDARDS Trade Is Based on Standards . Every commercial exchange involves the use of one or more ... Standards Standards in Use Quality Standards and Prac- tices Needed.
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... standards . Probably the greatest number of standards have been drawn by Federal , state , and municipal governmental departments under authority of law . Chief among these is the National Bureau of Standards , established in 1901 to ...
... standards . Probably the greatest number of standards have been drawn by Federal , state , and municipal governmental departments under authority of law . Chief among these is the National Bureau of Standards , established in 1901 to ...
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... standards of weight , measure , and value , but sellers are loath to provide standards of quality . Wholesale trade is based almost wholly on quality standards , but in retail trade standards are replaced by the meaningless confusion of ...
... standards of weight , measure , and value , but sellers are loath to provide standards of quality . Wholesale trade is based almost wholly on quality standards , but in retail trade standards are replaced by the meaningless confusion of ...
Contents
THE ROLE OF CONSUMERS IN ECONOMIC LIFE | 3 |
CONSUMERS CHOICE | 20 |
WHO GUIDES CONSUMERS? | 40 |
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