We thus see that while the total value of the exports from the United Kingdom, in proportion to its growing population, remains, broadly speaking, unaltered for the last thirty years, the high prices which could be got for the exports thirty years ago, and with them the high profits, are gone.
Kropotkin discusses the stagnation of British exports relative to population growth, indicating a decline in profitability over time.
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