Economics for ConsumersAmerican book Company, 1939 - 638 pages |
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... desire for food and drink . While a starving man will eat and drink almost anything , this condition of stark privation is not common among groups which have attained an organized system for producing the goods with which to satisfy ...
... desire for food and drink . While a starving man will eat and drink almost anything , this condition of stark privation is not common among groups which have attained an organized system for producing the goods with which to satisfy ...
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... desire for clothing was first motivated by the wish for protection or whether it was adopted primarily for its decorative features . Whether desire for clothing is inborn or acquired and whether its purpose is to yield protection or to ...
... desire for clothing was first motivated by the wish for protection or whether it was adopted primarily for its decorative features . Whether desire for clothing is inborn or acquired and whether its purpose is to yield protection or to ...
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... desire to flaunt real or simulated superiority in the eyes of the world . " Competitive imitation is the desire to assert equality with the one imitated . The motive back of such imitation may be hunger for companionship on the part of ...
... desire to flaunt real or simulated superiority in the eyes of the world . " Competitive imitation is the desire to assert equality with the one imitated . The motive back of such imitation may be hunger for companionship on the part of ...
Contents
THE ROLE OF CONSUMERS IN ECONOMIC LIFE | 3 |
CONSUMERS CHOICE | 20 |
WHO GUIDES CONSUMERS? | 40 |
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