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

It took for granted the existence of individual property, in consumption goods, in capital goods, and, with a certain hesitation, in land.

From The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice by Leacock, Stephen

This subjective value of money rests on the experience of each individual in making purchases—rests on the prices of consumption goods, determined by the relation between real income and money income.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

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.