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Sumner Huber Slichter (1892–1959) was an American economist and the first Lamont University Professor at Harvard University. Slichter was considered by many to be the pre-eminent labor economist of the 1940s and 1950s.

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The greatest danger to an adequate old-age security plan is rising prices. A rise of 2% a year in prices would cut the purchasing power of pensions about 45% in 30 years. The greatest danger of rising prices is from wages rising faster than output per man-hour. . . . Whether the nation succeeds in providing adequate security for retired workers depends in large measure upon the wage policies of trade unions.

Cutting, Depends, Men, Rising, Rising Prices, Unions

If each year slightly less capital is invested in industry, the time will eventually come when the amount of equipment per laborer and, in consequence, the productivity and the wages of labor are less than they otherwise would be.

Labor, Money, Time, Wages, Would Be, Years

The efficiency of most workers is beyond the control of the management and depends more than has been supposed upon the willingness of men to do their best.

Depends, Efficiency, Men, Willingness, Workers

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