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Challenge of Waste

Name: Challenge of Waste
Author: Stuart Chase

Stuart Chase

Read by progressingamerica · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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01 - Introduction by Harry W. Laidler (3:09)
02 - Introduction by Stuart Chase (1:11)
03 - The lesson of the war (2:24)
04 - Fuel control (4:43)
05 - What is waste? (5:21)
06 - The wants of man (4:43)
07 - The minimum budget (2:32)
08 - Output of present system (3:28)
09 - Is there enough to go around? (4:43)
10 - The extent of waste (2:54)
11 - Reducing waste to labor hours (2:34)
12 - Illth (2:50)
13 - The luxury bill (1:25)
14 - The waste of idleness (6:20)
15 - Wastes in the technical process (5:18)
16 - Failure to utilize present equipment (3:41)
17 - Destruction of goods (2:49)
18 - A summary (3:28)
19 - Human wastes (3:36)
20 - And finally (2:37)