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May 1942 Issue [Article]

The tyranny of incompetence

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The profit drive slackens, business goes soft, and then what?
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20th century Defense contracts Economic aspects Excess profits tax Industrial mobilization Industrial productivity Prices Profit United States World War II, 1939-1945

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