Timeline
Lifetime:
1888 -
1985
Passed: ≈
39 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Stuart Chase
Books by Stuart Chase
Challenge of Waste
History
Political Science
Non-Fiction
Competition
Consumption
Planning
Waste
Social Impact
Market System
Economic Efficiency
Veblen
Government Regulation
Wartime Economy
Fuel Administration
Resource Management
Stuart Chase's "The Challenge of Waste" dissects the inefficiencies inherent in the competitive market system, drawing on the ideas of Thorstein Veblen to critique consumerism and wasteful practices. He contrasts this with the wartime planning and re...