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John Morley: “If the State may set up workshops to aid people who are short of food because the harvest has failed, why should it not…”

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If the State may set up workshops to aid people who are short of food because the harvest has failed, why should it not do the same when people are short of food because trade is bad, work scarce, and wages intolerably low?
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John Morley

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Morley critiques the inconsistency in government intervention during economic crises.

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