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Posted by Ado (Guest) - Tuesday, September 19 2006, 22:06:56 (CEST)
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No, it was Stevens, Mills discusses it in one of his books but Stevens did "coin" the term.

Here, let's stay away from wikipedia:

Origins of the term
The phrase was coined by Brooks Stevens, the American industrial designer, in 1954.

Here's the link I got from about.com:

http://experts.about.com/e/p/pl/Planned_obsolescence.htm

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On planned obsolescence Jeff - Tuesday, September 19 2006, 1:15:46 (CEST)
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