In a 1984 interview, he said the four extra digits were just an attractive price incentive for business to use automated equipment.
As sponsors consider the costs of carrying unsold units for a year or more, the price incentives in the area are blossoming.
But eight months after changes like price incentives began, the economy retains an unmistakable Alice in Wonderland quality.
Under the Government proposal, Medicare would give price incentives to beneficiaries who use what it calls "preferred physicians."
Despite a significant price incentive in Britain and wide availability in garages, even now the low rate of consumption reflects the confusion surrounding the issue.
Indeed, a consortium of Northeastern states is working on price incentives to that end.
The 5% rate is less than most states, so there is still some price incentive to buy from an internet retailer.
Some analysts expressed concern that stepped-up production could lead to a buildup in auto inventories and another round of price incentives.
In a market economy it is effective to use the means afforded by that economy - i.e. to provide price incentives.
The lower tax on shag constitutes a price incentive which steers smokers towards the very product which is most harmful.