Bradley

64%
Flag icon
No man acquainted with political and commercial history can doubt [that] Manufactures are founded in poverty. It is the multitude of poor without land in a country, and who must work for others at low wages or starve, that enables undertakers to carry on a manufacture, and afford it cheap enough to prevent the importation of the same kind from abroad, and to bear the expense of its exportation.
The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation
Rate this book
Clear rating
Open Preview