Harold J. Laski: “Men have the right to the full product of their labor; but the…”

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Men have the right to the full product of their labor; but the privileges of the landowner prevent the enjoyment of that right.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski argues that landowner privileges undermine workers' rights to their labor's fruits.

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