Harold J. Laski: “It is, I think, inevitable that those to whom these things are denied…”

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It is, I think, inevitable that those to whom these things are denied should envy those who possess them.

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Harold J. Laski

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Laski posits that deprivation of wealth leads to envy among those who lack it.

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Harold J. Laski: “It is, I think, inevitable that those to whom these things are denied should envy those who possess them.”