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Quotes from White Collar: The American Middle Classes — C. Wright Mills

1916–1962 United States

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Nobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father's store or farm.

White Collar: The American Middle Classes (1951)

[A]s a proportion of the labor force, fewer individuals manipulate things, more handle people and symbols.

White Collar: The American Middle Classes (1951)

In the formulas of 'personnel experts', men and women are to be shaped into the 'well rounded, acceptable, effective personality.' Just like small proprietors, they cannot higgle over prices, which are fixed, or 'judge the market' and accordingly buy wisely.

White Collar: The American Middle Classes (1951)

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