“Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor.”~Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and geographer Peter Kropotkin was born on this day in 1842.
“Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor.”~Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and geographer Peter Kropotkin was born on this day in 1842.
“He is a great simpleton who imagines that the chief power of wealth is to supply wants. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it creates more wants than it supplies.”~William Wirt American lawyer, politician, author, and 9th United States Attorney General William Wirt was born on this day in 1772.
“What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.”~Henry George American political economist, social philosopher, and journalist Henry George was born on this day in 1839.
“Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.”~Alfred Marshall English economist Alfred Marshall was born on this day in 1842.
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