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Liberate all this loanable capital--promissory notes--that is now lying idle, and we liberate all labor, and furnish to all laborers all the capital they need for their industries.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “Liberate all this loanable capital--promissory notes--that is now lying idle, and we liberate all labor, and furnish to…”
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Spooner suggests that freeing up idle capital would empower laborers by providing them with the necessary resources for their work.
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