Economics for ConsumersAmerican book Company, 1939 - 638 pages |
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Page 158
... wealth whose income will enable them to live as luxuriously as they wish . Having been occupied for years in ... wealth became the one dominant means of securing prestige and power . Wealth thus becomes not an end in itself but a means ...
... wealth whose income will enable them to live as luxuriously as they wish . Having been occupied for years in ... wealth became the one dominant means of securing prestige and power . Wealth thus becomes not an end in itself but a means ...
Page 159
... wealth is merely a symbol there can never be too much of it . Classical economists have long contended that it was impossible to produce too much wealth , since man's wants are capable of indefinite expansion . But Veblen's idea goes ...
... wealth is merely a symbol there can never be too much of it . Classical economists have long contended that it was impossible to produce too much wealth , since man's wants are capable of indefinite expansion . But Veblen's idea goes ...
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... wealth . Each individual would be free to acquire and retain wealth for his own use . In practice , however , there would be a wider distribution of the ownership of wealth . There would be also a significant difference in the use to ...
... wealth . Each individual would be free to acquire and retain wealth for his own use . In practice , however , there would be a wider distribution of the ownership of wealth . There would be also a significant difference in the use to ...
Contents
THE ROLE OF CONSUMERS IN ECONOMIC LIFE | 3 |
CONSUMERS CHOICE | 20 |
WHO GUIDES CONSUMERS? | 40 |
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