consumption goods

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Said Pundit Walter Lippmann: ''About half of all consumption goods . . . are bought . . . by the great mass of people who have small incomes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ever since the end of the nineteenth century, the problem of what to do with the surplus of consumption goods has been latent in industrial society.

From "1984" by George Orwell

The clue to all values is in the values of consumption goods, which are in direct contact with the utilities which are the source of value.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

But, given these wants, and given their marginal intensities, we are only at the beginning of our explanation of the economic values of the consumption goods.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

Large-scale military spending eats up resources needed for expanding investment and consumption goods.

From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency