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Victoria C. Woodhull: “The only use of money is to facilitate exchanges of what the earth produces, voluntarily or under compulsion.”

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The only use of money is to facilitate exchanges of what the earth produces, voluntarily or under compulsion.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull defines the primary function of money as a facilitator of exchange.

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