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BULLETIN* JUDAH MARMOR, M.D. HE INCREASING rationing of foods and commodities as the war goes on, raises not only .difficult economic problems, but also significant psy- chological ones. The latter are no less important than the formeL and failure to solve them can seriously hamper our war drive. Thus the panicky hoarding and impulsive buying in which many people have been indulging, may, if unchecked, not only dangerously disrupt our war economy, cause shortages of vital commodities, and unfair and unequitable distribution of necessities, but may also seriously impair the morale of file men in the armed forces. For they, faced with the prospect of giving all they have, including their very lives, for the benefit Of those who have remained at home, cannot but be resentful and bitter at the sorry spectacle of civilians balking at relatively minor sacrifices. in the broadest sense, the psychological conflicts involved in the response to rationing may be said to be the outgrowth of a deep-seated inclination of most people in our competitive society to conceive of themselves as basically isolated rather than as integral parts of a collective group. From earliest childhood the individual in our culture finds himself in an
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals
Published: Dec 1, 1943
Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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