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Where have you placed the real power over moneyed and landed circulation?
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Where have you placed the real power over moneyed and landed circulation?”
Editor's note · Context
Burke challenges the distribution of financial power, questioning where true control lies in the economy.
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