BOOMS AND SLUMPS
Members of the Canterbury Chamber of Confmerce were amused to hear Professor A. H. Tocker describe in an address some of the effects of booms and slumps that had been discovered by research in America. During booms, he said, prices went up, there were fewer bankruptcies, more marriages, and church attendances decreased. During slumps prices fell, bankruptcies increased, there were fewer marriages, and church attendances were greater.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23145, 17 September 1938, Page 20
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70BOOMS AND SLUMPS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23145, 17 September 1938, Page 20
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