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Every step in this business develops more and more the effect of this junction of public monopoly and private influence.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Every step in this business develops more and more the effect of this junction of public monopoly and private influence.”
Editor's note · Context
Burke highlights the negative consequences of merging public monopolies with private interests in trade.
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