And substantially all the industrial and financial troubles of that period have been the natural consequences of the monopoly.
Lysander Spooner: “And substantially all the industrial and financial troubles of that period have been the natural consequences of the…”
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Spooner critiques the economic monopolies of his time, linking them to broader industrial and financial issues.
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