And yet no one can read Laveleye’s masterly work without coming to the conclusion that Flemish agriculture would have realised still better results, were it not hampered in its growth by the steady and heavy increase of rent.
Kropotkin critiques the impact of rising rents on Flemish agriculture and its potential productivity.
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