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- As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have a stock of durables in…
- Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in public.…
- Standardized sizes made inexpensive, off-the-rack garments economically feasible. They gave shoppers a reliable guide to finding clothes in self-service shops.
- Americans hate their cable companies - for bumbling installers, on-again-off-again transmissions, peculiar channel selections, and indifferent customer service. The only thing cable subscribers hate more…
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