Consequently, up to the present time all the statements made by economists about the so-called “concentration” of the industry in this country, and the consequent “unavoidable” disappearance of the small industries, have been based on mere impressions of the writers,--not on statistical data.
Kropotkin critiques economists for relying on impressions rather than statistical data regarding industry concentration.
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