That is to say, if such a man can normally earn, say, $5,000 a year, the average cost of establishing his workplace should on no account be in excess of $5,000. If the cost is significantly higher, the society in question is likely to run into serious troubles, such as an undue concentration of wealth and power among the privileged few; an increasing problem of ‘drop-outs’ who cannot be integrated into society and constitute an ever-growing threat; ‘structural’ unemployment; maldistribution of the population due to excessive urbanisation; and general frustration and alienation, with soaring
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