“Now, wages in the automobile industry are made up of two components, what we call base rates and the cost of living factor which is fed in by the operation of the escalator.” MadeTwoIndustryCostRateFactorsOperationsFedsWagesComponentsAutomobileCost Of LivingEscalatorsAutomobile Industry Author:Leonard Woodcock
“The family which takes it mauve and cerise, air conditioned, power-steered, and power braked automobile out for a tour passes through cities that are badly paved, made hideous by litter, blighted buildings, billboards, and posts for wires that should long since have been put underground.” ShouldLongHas BeensMadeCitiesAirBuildingPostsWireAutomobileHideousBillboards Book:The affluent society Source: The affluent society
“I've long believed alas, that in highly organized industrial societies, capitalist or socialist, the stronger tendency is to converge - that if steel or automobiles are wanted and must be made on a large scale, the process will stamp its imprint on the society, whether that me be Magnitogorsk or Gary, Indiana.” IfsLongMadeWantedProcessStrongerScalesTendenciesOrganizedCapitalistSocialistSteelStampsAlasAutomobileIndianaGaryLarge Scale Author:John Kenneth Galbraith