Economics for ConsumersAmerican book Company, 1939 - 638 pages |
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Page 107
... industry themselves attribute part of the high cost involved to the lack of organization in the industry . Believing that unusual profits were to be obtained , more than 34,000 men have gone into the funeral business . From 1900 to 1920 ...
... industry themselves attribute part of the high cost involved to the lack of organization in the industry . Believing that unusual profits were to be obtained , more than 34,000 men have gone into the funeral business . From 1900 to 1920 ...
Page 180
... industry is increasingly making use of research . Indus- trial laboratories are continually discovering , patenting , and mar- keting new devices for satisfying human wants . It is important to distinguish , however , between genuinely ...
... industry is increasingly making use of research . Indus- trial laboratories are continually discovering , patenting , and mar- keting new devices for satisfying human wants . It is important to distinguish , however , between genuinely ...
Page 397
... industry that their code tactics would lead to an expansion in the number of consumers ' co - operatives : " The recent rapid growth of co - operatives in the marketing of gasoline is causing serious concern to the oil industry . Under ...
... industry that their code tactics would lead to an expansion in the number of consumers ' co - operatives : " The recent rapid growth of co - operatives in the marketing of gasoline is causing serious concern to the oil industry . Under ...
Contents
THE ROLE OF CONSUMERS IN ECONOMIC LIFE | 3 |
CONSUMERS CHOICE | 20 |
WHO GUIDES CONSUMERS? | 40 |
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