“Organized business has assumed that greater profits would be pretty much of a cure-all, and it has to a major extent ignored the fact that the welfare of business rests upon the welfare of the consumers of a nation; that business or free enterprise will function in a democracy only so long as the democracy functions.” LongFactsWould BeNationsDemocracyGreaterMajorsFunctionProfitCuresConsumersWelfareOrganizedEnterpriseIgnoredFree Enterprise Author:Saul Alinsky
“The most successful businessmen were often uneducated when measured by the scholastic standards of the teaching profession. But they were equal to their social function of adjusting production to the most urgent demand. Because of these merits the consumers chose them for business leadership.” SocialSuccessfulTeachingDemandEqualStandardsFunctionProductionsProfessionConsumersMeritBusinessmanUrgentSuccessful BusinessBusiness LeadershipUneducatedAdjustingScholasticsSuccessful BusinessmanTeaching Profession Book:Human action: a treatise on economics Source: Human action: a treatise on economics
“One of the functions of literary criticism, or reviewing, generally - and I, most of my reviews actually are not about literature - but one of the functions of that is basically the sort of Consumer Reports function of letting readers know whether this is something they want to read.” KnowsWantLiteratureReaderCriticismFunctionConsumersReportsReviewsLiterary Criticism Author:Louis Menand
“As the run-by-capital society of producers turned since into the run-by-capital society of consumers, I would say that the main, indeed "meta", function of the governments has become now to assure that it is the meetings between commodities and the consumers, and credit issuers and the borrowers, that regularly take place.” GovernmentRunningFunctionMeetingsCreditProducersConsumersCommodityBorrowers Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“As a function of the easy access to information provided by the Internet, and the ease with which it can be shared thanks to social media, consumers are now better informed as to the behavior of brands and the multiple global crises we face.” FacesSocialEasyMediaInformationInternetBehaviorFunctionCrisisSocial MediaAccessThanksBrandsConsumersEaseMultipleAccess To InformationEasy Access Author:Simon Mainwaring
“Is still fulfilling its social function in supplying the consumers with more, better and cheaper goods.” StillsSocialCapitalismFunctionConsumersGoodsFulfillingCheaper Book:Planned Chaos Source: Planned Chaos