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Here it is that the dying out of the small industries, their “absorption” by the great concerns, and the supposed “concentration of capital” ought to be seen in full.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin
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Kropotkin discusses the phenomenon of small industries being absorbed by larger companies and the implications of capital concentration.
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