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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “They know perfectly well that the home markets grow continually overstocked; that the best foreign markets are escaping…”

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They know perfectly well that the home markets grow continually overstocked; that the best foreign markets are escaping; and that in the neutral markets Britain is being undersold.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin points out that British manufacturers recognize the oversaturation of home markets and the competitive pressures from abroad.

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