Your Money's Worth

Non-fiction Books

Your Money's Worth: A study in the waste of the consumer's dollar is a 1927 nonfiction book on consumerism by Stuart Chase and Frederick J. Schlink. It criticized marketing practices that hindered consumers from judging product value and examined American purchasing decisions. The book advocated buying goods based on impartial scientific tests rather than salesmanship. Its popularity helped initiate a consumer protection movement, and its authors later founded Consumers' Research.

Published: 1927
Authors: Stuart Chase and Frederick J. Schlink
Focus: Consumerism and product value testing

Sources and credits

Article: Your Money's Worth (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q8058884
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Illustration: By Stuart Chase and Frederick J. Schlink. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia Commons
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