Consumers Research
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Consumers' Research is a non-profit organization established in 1927 by Stuart Chase (1888-1985) and F.J. Schlink (1891-1995), after the success of their book Your Money's Worth: A study in the waste of the Consumer's Dollar galvanized interest in testing products on behalf of consumers. It publishes a magazine of the same name.
In 1936, Arthur Kallet and others seeking a more aggressive stance broke with Consumers' Research to found Consumers Union and its magazine Consumer Reports.
Consumers' Union grew strongly, while Consumers' Research languished. Its magazine increasingly took an anti-communist stance, and is today closely aligned with conservative politics. It has been accused of publishing favorable reports about the tobacco industry funded by that industry.
[edit] External links
- Text of Your Money's Worth,at Library of Congress website
- Sourcewatch view of the organisation, and contact details
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