147:
motorboat engines … and so on indefinitely.” Despite the specifications existing, the authors claimed that manufacturers did not follow safety specifications and additionally were more interested in selling products than meeting the needs of consumers. The authors assert that market forces alone are not producing a market that serves consumers' best interests.
158:
on superficial grounds such as when various manufacturers sell nearly identical products but with different advertising and branding because this practice drives sales to benefit the marketer without also equally increasing value to consumers. Also, the book complains of lack of standardization, such
146:
At the time of research, the authors found that the United States published 11,000 product specifications to guide manufacturing and that private industries had developed many more. These specifications covered a wide range of products including “foodstuffs, soaps, metal polishes, hooks and eyes,
115:
The book was a protest against marketing practices that made it difficult for consumers to be able to judge the value of products. It analyzed the ways in which
Americans made purchase decisions and gave measurements of the extent to which products could serve the purpose that manufacturer claims
153:
argued that marketers of products used unfair practices in order to illegitimately coerce consumers. These practices included outright fraud in misrepresenting the quality and utility of products in advertising, promoting high-pressure sales practices, adding non-functional styling for deceptive
165:
recommended that the public be skeptical about advertising claims, make some products at home, support the government in setting product standards, and support the creation of impartial testing research centers.
383:
119:
The authors requested an "extension of the principle of buying goods according to impartial scientific tests rather than according to the fanfare and trumpets of the higher salesmanship."
185:
Schlink and Chase, encouraged by the public response, solicited financial, editorial, and technical support from patrons of other activist magazines to found a new organization called
174:
The book’s release resulted in the publisher receiving hundreds of letters from people requesting more information about consumer products. Within months,
122:
In retrospect, a book reviewer in 1937 said that before the book was published that discussions about the consumer only happened in the context of
159:
as when sewing machines require highly specific parts unique to each brand when the parts could have been designed to be universal.
403:
398:
344:
367:
233:
155:
190:
186:
179:
105:
266:
135:
123:
97:
29:
8:
101:
356:
258:
363:
340:
250:
154:
purposes, and engineering products for planned obsolescence. The book also critiqued
242:
131:
109:
270:
392:
254:
231:
Keister, Albert S. (January 1937). "Book
Reviews: The Consumer is Stirring".
127:
93:
25:
89:
49:
262:
246:
85:
Your Money's Worth: A study in the waste of the consumer's dollar
40:
Your Money's Worth: A study in the waste of the consumer's dollar
100:. It is notable for becoming popular enough to initiate a
358:
The consumer movement : guardians of the marketplace
314:
312:
214:
212:
210:
208:
206:
104:
movement. Soon after publication, its authors founded
299:
297:
284:
282:
280:
309:
203:
126:, home economics, or by unorthodox economists like
355:
339:. New York: Holmes & Meier: Holmes and Meier.
294:
277:
362:(1. print. ed.). Boston: Twayne Publishers.
108:, the organization that employed the founders of
390:
178:became a best seller and a featured book in the
230:
391:
334:
318:
218:
353:
303:
288:
13:
14:
415:
377:
404:Works about consumer protection
224:
1:
335:Silber, Norman Isaac (1983).
328:
88:is a 1927 nonfiction book on
169:
7:
10:
420:
399:American non-fiction books
189:from roots in an existing
141:
354:Mayer, Robert N. (1989).
234:Southern Economic Journal
73:
63:
55:
45:
35:
21:
196:
116:stated that they could.
156:product differentiation
191:White Plains, New York
180:Book of the Month Club
384:full text of the book
193:local consumer club.
136:Wesley Clair Mitchell
98:Frederick J. Schlink
30:Frederick J. Schlink
187:Consumers' Research
112:/Consumer Reports.
106:Consumers' Research
102:consumer protection
36:Original title
18:
17:Your Money's Worth
176:Your Money’s Worth
163:Your Money’s Worth
151:Your Money’s Worth
16:
124:women's magazines
81:
80:
74:Publication place
411:
373:
361:
350:
337:Test and protest
322:
316:
307:
301:
292:
286:
275:
274:
228:
222:
216:
132:Thorstein Veblen
65:Publication date
19:
15:
419:
418:
414:
413:
412:
410:
409:
408:
389:
388:
380:
370:
347:
331:
326:
325:
317:
310:
302:
295:
287:
278:
247:10.2307/1052911
229:
225:
217:
204:
199:
172:
144:
110:Consumers Union
66:
12:
11:
5:
417:
407:
406:
401:
387:
386:
379:
378:External links
376:
375:
374:
368:
351:
345:
330:
327:
324:
323:
308:
293:
276:
241:(3): 317–327.
223:
201:
200:
198:
195:
171:
168:
143:
140:
79:
78:
75:
71:
70:
67:
64:
61:
60:
57:
53:
52:
47:
43:
42:
37:
33:
32:
23:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
416:
405:
402:
400:
397:
396:
394:
385:
382:
381:
371:
365:
360:
359:
352:
348:
342:
338:
333:
332:
321:, p. 18.
320:
315:
313:
306:, p. 21.
305:
300:
298:
291:, p. 20.
290:
285:
283:
281:
272:
268:
264:
260:
256:
252:
248:
244:
240:
236:
235:
227:
221:, p. 17.
220:
215:
213:
211:
209:
207:
202:
194:
192:
188:
183:
181:
177:
167:
164:
160:
157:
152:
148:
139:
137:
133:
129:
125:
120:
117:
113:
111:
107:
103:
99:
95:
91:
87:
86:
77:United States
76:
72:
68:
62:
58:
54:
51:
48:
44:
41:
38:
34:
31:
27:
24:
20:
357:
346:08419-0749-8
336:
238:
232:
226:
184:
175:
173:
162:
161:
150:
149:
145:
128:Simon Patten
121:
118:
114:
94:Stuart Chase
84:
83:
82:
39:
26:Stuart Chase
319:Silber 1983
219:Silber 1983
92:written by
90:consumerism
50:consumerism
393:Categories
369:0805797181
329:References
304:Mayer 1989
289:Mayer 1989
59:nonfiction
271:217133580
255:0038-4038
170:Reception
267:ProQuest
263:1052911
142:Summary
46:Subject
366:
343:
269:
261:
253:
22:Author
259:JSTOR
197:Notes
134:, or
56:Genre
364:ISBN
341:ISBN
251:ISSN
96:and
69:1927
28:and
243:doi
395::
311:^
296:^
279:^
265:.
257:.
249:.
237:.
205:^
182:.
138:.
130:,
372:.
349:.
273:.
245::
239:3
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.