"Code of Fair Competition for the Men's Clothing Industry, as Amended"
Code
By: National Recovery Administration
Date: July 19, 1933
Source: "Code of Fair Competition for the Men's Clothing Industry, as Amended," 1933. Reprinted in Connery, Robert H. The Administration of an N.R.A. Code: A Case Study of the Men's Clothing Industry. Chicago: Public Administration Service, 1938, 162–173.
Introduction
One theory of the cause of the economic crisis of the 1930s was overproduction, insufficient worker wages, and a cutthroat competitive environment. Clearly, the United States had the resources and productive capacity to feed, house, and clothe its population. The problem, most agreed, was distribution—not production. A fundamental issue of the era was how to modify the "distribution system" in order to permanently solve the problems of unemployment and poverty.
One of the first programs to attack some of the root causes of the...
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