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Excerpt from Great American Issues: Political Social Economic, (a Constructive Study)
Scope of the term Standard of Living - In?uence of American industrialism on the Standard of Living - Aspects of the improved Standard of Living Education as a factor in advancing the Standard of Living - Activity versus frugality as the basis of American prosperity - Importance of thrift - Classes most affected by the increased cost of living - Relative changes in the incomes of salaried employees and wage earners since the beginning of the war - Importance of maintaining and improving the Standard of Living - Relation of rising prices to social unrest-effect of rising prices - A survey of wages-difference between real and nominal w s - Professor Fisher's plan for stabilizing the purc sing power of the dollar Desirability of stable relations between prices and wages - Fundamental importance of the individual in adjusting the Standard of Living - The plea for an adequate wage - Minimum wage legislation - Need for further trial of legislation providing an adequate wage in American industries.
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