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Stuart Chase (1888-1985) was an American economist and engineer trained at MIT. His writings covered topics as diverse as General Semantics and physical economy. His hybrid background of engineering and economics places him in the same philosophical camp as R. Buckminster Fuller. He was the originator of the expression a New Deal, which became identified with the economic programs of American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
In The Economy of Abundance Chase suggests that Technocracy Incorporated may turn out to be a cult but the facts remain more important than whether Howard Scott was a real engineer or not.
Quotes
Attitude is your acceptance of the natural laws, or your rejection of the natural laws.
For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.
Sanely applied advertising could remake the world.
The Lord prefers common looking people. That is why he made so many of them.
The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.
Traditional nationalism cannot survive the fissioning of the atom. One world or none.
Partial booklist
- Your Money's Worth: A study in the waste of the consumer's dollar 1928
- The Tragedy of Waste 1929
- A New Deal 1932
- A Generation of Industrial Peace;: Thirty years of labor relations at Standard Oil Company 1941
- Roads to Agreement: Successful methods in the science of human relations 1951
- For This We Fought;: Guide lines to America's future as reported to the Twentieth Century Fund
- Danger--Men Talking! a Background Book on Semantics and Communication
- ''Rich Land, Poor Land
- The Proper Study of Mankind Harper Colophon Books, 1956
- American Credos 1962
- Guides to Straight Thinking, With 13 Common Fallacies
- The Economy of Abundance
- Tyranny of Words
Books about Chase
The Life and Writings of Stuart Chase (1888-1985) edited By Richard Vangermeersch, Kingston, RI, USA, Elsevier
External links
"Stuart Chase"