The challenge of waste - Primary Source Edition

by Stuart Chase

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Genres: Nonfiction

40 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1922

About the author

Stuart Chase was an American economist and engineer trained at MIT. His writings covered topics as diverse as general semantics and physical economy. His hybrid background of engineering and economics places him in the same philosophical camp as R. Buckminster Fuller. Chase's thought was shaped by Henry George, Thorstein Veblen and Fabian socialism. Chase spent his early political career supporting "a wide range of reform causes: the single tax, women's suffrage, birth control and socialism." Chase's early books The Tragedy of Waste (1925) and Your Money's Worth (1928) were notable for their criticism of corporate advertising and their advocacy of consumer protection. Although not a Marxist, Chase admired the planned economy of the Soviet Union, being impressed with it after a 1927 visit. Chase stated that "The Russians, in a time of peace, have answered the question of what an economic system is for." It has been suggested that he was the originator of the expression a New Deal, which became identified with the economic programs of American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He had a cover story in The New Republic entitled "A New Deal for America", during the week that Roosevelt gave his 1932 presidential acceptance speech promising a new deal, but whether Roosevelt's speechwriter Samuel Rosenman saw the magazine is not clear.

Reviews

[Maram · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good book, logical and comprehensive.
I cant say that I enjoyed it, but it is not a book to be enjoyed -for me at least-, but to be understood and to take actions from.

[S · Rating 4 out of 5]

An eye-opening guide to the topic of waste (in all its forms, past, present and future).
If you listened to the audiobook (like I did), you'd immediately want to buy the paper book right after you're done.
Definitely not a one-time read. Absolutely re-reading this.