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Manuscript/Mixed Material Theodore Dreiser and Stuart Chase Correspondence on the Subject of Consumer Purchasing Power and Corporate Profits.

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Title

  • Theodore Dreiser and Stuart Chase Correspondence on the Subject of Consumer Purchasing Power and Corporate Profits.

Created / Published

  • 1932

Headings

  • -  Banks and banking
  • -  Business ethics
  • -  Chase, Stuart, 1888-1985
  • -  Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
  • -  Depressions
  • -  Unemployment
  • -  Manuscripts

Genre

  • Manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Typed letters between Theodore Dreiser (original letter dated January 29, 1932) and Stuart Chase (carbon of February 12, 1932 letter) provoked by Chase's critical review of Dreiser's book Tragic America. Using data from the late 1920s, Chase deferentially debates the accuracy of Dreiser's statistics on unemployment and the number of millionaires "plaguing" society, and takes issue with Dreiser's claim that "the [fluctuation of the business] cycle is deliberately fostered by bankers and great corporations, who welcome depressions because they find opportunity to cut wages and thus increase bank reserves and stock holders' profits." Selections reproduced as facsimile page images: 4 pages.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Container 1. General Correspondence
  • Folder: Correspondence, 1924-55

Source Collection

  • Stuart Chase papers.

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

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