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The nature of modern trade is to give to those who have much and take from those who have little.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “The nature of modern trade is to give to those who have much and take from those who have little.”
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Bagehot critiques the economic disparities created by modern trade practices.
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