Word: consumerized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
A good scare was thrown into U. S. retailers last summer when the New Deal manifested a sudden interest in the broad subject of consumer cooperatives. An outright endorsement of the co-op movement was actually drafted for the Democratic platform, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace was plugging the idea in...
1) A thorough survey of U. S. Cooperation, 2) establishment of a Government agency to furnish co-ops with information and advice and 3) "that steps be taken" to assure consumer co-operatives the same facilities for obtaining credit as are already provided for farmer cooperatives.
All six members of the commission finally signed the report, including Robin Hood, secretary-treasurer of the National Co-Operative Council. In contrast to most of his fellow members, Robin Hood was bearish on the future of U. S. coops, pointing out that European co-ops flourished because they satisfied...
"Well, what's the price of aluminum in the Soviet Union?" smiled Mr. Davies. This led, as any question about price always does in Russia, to dispute over the illusive "real value" of the ruble. Since it has never been quoted freely on international exchange or been permitted to...
Historically Power goes back to Edison, Ohm and Faraday to trace the origins of the force it presents as a maladministered boon. Technically it begins with the definition of a kilowatt hour ("When this thousand-watt bulb burns for an hour, that's a kilowatt hour"). From then on...