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The whole productive scheme is thereby tilted to the favour of those who possess the power to make their wants effective.
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Harold J. Laski
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gutenberg.orgHarold J. Laski: “The whole productive scheme is thereby tilted to the favour of those who possess the power to make their wants…”
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Laski asserts that the economic system favors those with power, skewing production towards their interests.
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