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Lysander Spooner: And they cannot be free to hire all this money capital, unless all who can lend it to them, shall be at liberty to do…

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And they cannot be free to hire all this money capital, unless all who can lend it to them, shall be at liberty to do so.
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Lysander Spooner

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He emphasizes that laborers cannot hire capital freely unless lenders are also free to lend.

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