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Only in more production and in new production can the American standard of living be increased and the economy be sound.
Alfred P. Sloan
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Alfred P. Sloan
Age: 90 †
Born: 1875
Born: May 23
Died: 1966
Died: February 17
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Entrepreneur
New Haven
Connecticut
Alfred Pritchard Sloan
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