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Harold J. Laski: “The importance of the supply of raw materials to international economic life forces us to consider the deliberate…”

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The importance of the supply of raw materials to international economic life forces us to consider the deliberate rationing of that supply, and the maintenance of a stable world price level which thinks first of cosmopolitan need, and, only after a long interval, of national profit.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski emphasizes the need for international cooperation in managing raw material supplies for global economic stability.

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