trivia

Double-click on any word and see its definition from Cambridge Dictionaries Online.

Person
Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was one of the first to apply assembly line manufacturing to the mass production of affordable automobiles. Source: Wikipedia

History
By the end of the 1920s, many of the bitter cultural tensions that divided Americans had begun to subside, overwhelmed by the rise of a modern consumer culture. Read more

Film
You Can't Buy Everything (1934): directed by Charles Reisner and starring May Robson. Hannah is so tight with her money that she takes her son, Donnie, to the charity ward a week after he hurts his leg. Source: IMDb

Numbers
Average annual expenditures and characteristics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2003, for one person

U.S. Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Thing
consumer durables: goods that last a long time and are not intended to be bought very frequently, such as televisions and cars. Cambridge Dictionaries Online

Song
Consumer by Covenant
See lyrics

Quotes
In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. (Ivan Illich)
The consumer's side of the coffin lid is never ostentatious. (Stanislaw J. Lec)

Wordplay
Buoyant consumer spending
is an anagram of
And economy's upturn begins
Source: Anagram Genius

Record
Highest inflation: The country with the world's highest rate of inflation is Zimbabwe with 385% in 2003, where consumer prices increased by five times!
Source: Guinness World Records

Proverbs
Before you buy shoes, measure your feet. (African)
If you buy cheap meat, you'll smell what you have saved when it boils. (Arabian)
Source: Creative Proverbs