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Edmund Burke: Moneyed interest, when dangerous to a government, iii. 437.

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Moneyed interest, when dangerous to a government, iii. 437.
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Edmund Burke

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Burke identifies when the influence of moneyed interests can pose a threat to governmental stability.

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