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Harold J. Laski: Whenever government interferes to suppress some service which a considerable body of persons think they require, when…

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Whenever government interferes to suppress some service which a considerable body of persons think they require, when, also, the suppression is disapproved by a large number of citizens, an industry to supply that service will come into existence.
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Harold J. Laski

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Laski asserts that government suppression of services leads to the emergence of alternative industries.

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