Economics for ConsumersAmerican book Company, 1939 - 638 pages |
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Page 14
... actually cost $ 12 to make . A patent medicine sold at the rate of $ 48 a gallon actually cost 20 cents a gallon to produce . If the reader desires further evidence of consumers ' inability to judge price let him turn to Chapter 13 or ...
... actually cost $ 12 to make . A patent medicine sold at the rate of $ 48 a gallon actually cost 20 cents a gallon to produce . If the reader desires further evidence of consumers ' inability to judge price let him turn to Chapter 13 or ...
Page 120
... actually use the land in such a way as to incur additional expense is evidence of even greater pecuniary power . Private greenhouses serve not only to supply the mansion with out - of - season cut flowers , but to bring repute to the ...
... actually use the land in such a way as to incur additional expense is evidence of even greater pecuniary power . Private greenhouses serve not only to supply the mansion with out - of - season cut flowers , but to bring repute to the ...
Page 186
... actually increases prices . It is at least as fair an assumption as any other that if advertising budgets were applied to direct price reductions con- sumers would probably gain . It is quite possible for a firm to grow so large that it ...
... actually increases prices . It is at least as fair an assumption as any other that if advertising budgets were applied to direct price reductions con- sumers would probably gain . It is quite possible for a firm to grow so large that it ...
Contents
THE ROLE OF CONSUMERS IN ECONOMIC LIFE | 3 |
CONSUMERS CHOICE | 20 |
WHO GUIDES CONSUMERS? | 40 |
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