Stuart Chase was an American economist, social theorist, and writer. His writings covered topics as diverse as general semantics and physical economy. His thought was shaped by Henry George, by economic philosopher Thorstein Veblen, by Fabian socialism, and by the Communist social and educational experiments being in the Soviet Union around 1930.Chase spent his early political career supporting "a wide range of reform causes: the single tax, women's suffrage, birth control and socialism." Chase's early books, The Tragedy of Waste and Your Money's Worth , were notable for their criticism of corporate advertising and their advocacy of consumer protection. Wikipedia
“Political democracy can remain if it confines itself to all but economic matters.”
The Economy of Abundance (1934), p. 313, as quoted in The Road to Serfdom (1944), p. 124.
Stuart Chase in S. I. Hayakawa (1949) Language in Thought and Action. p. 29-30
