{"product_id":"2940013225947","title":"The Challenge of Waste","description":"During the war, governments both here and abroad were driven to a sharp realization of the extent of economic waste. \u0026gt; The maintenance of \"business as usual\" made it impossible to mobilize and equip a fighting force and at the same time to support a civilian population, \"Business as usual\" was, therefore, forced to give way to a coordinated plan, crude, but in certain respects very effective. The industrial re- sources of the nation were surveyed—both as to raw mate- rials and plant facilities—its productive possibilities measured, and its major requirements calculated. This was done hastily and often inaccurately, but it sufficed to bring about a tremendous release of labor power and raw materials into war industries and so-called \"essential industries.\" The war administration placed the transportation system on a national, unified basis with competitive hauls eliminated. It shut off capital from non-essential industries. It restricted the consumption of luxuries, encouraged certain crops, rationed and husbanded coal, reduced the output of excessive grades and styles, and conserved necessary materials.","brand":"VARIETY BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068729671920,"sku":"2940013225947","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013225947","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}