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Has There Been a Twentieth-Century Consumer Durables Revolution?

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Examination of approximately a score of U.S. economic history texts indicates that the hypothesis of a change in the structure of consumer preferences in favor of durable goods in the twentieth century, and thereby in the product structure of consumption, has strongly influenced economic historians. By implication, the alleged structural change is unique to the twentieth century. This impression relies upon the treatment of durables expenditures by almost all of that minority of textbook writers who address themselves to the general topic of consumption.

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  • Vatter, Harold G., 1967. "Has There Been a Twentieth-Century Consumer Durables Revolution?," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 27(1), pages 1-16, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:27:y:1967:i:01:p:1-16_07
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    1. Stavros Mavroudeas, 2012. "The Limits of Regulation," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 14643.
    2. Mavroudeas, Stavros, 2003. "The French Regulation Approach and its Theory of Consumption," MPRA Paper 19730, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Paul A. David, 2005. "Two Centuries of American Macroeconomic Growth From Exploitation of Resource Abundance to Knowledge-Driven Development," Macroeconomics 0502021, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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