Political economy never rises above the hypothesis of a limited and insufficient supply of the necessaries of life; it takes it for granted.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Political economy never rises above the hypothesis of a limited and insufficient supply of the necessaries of life; it…”
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Kropotkin asserts that political economy is constrained by the assumption of insufficient resources.
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