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Abraham Lincoln: “Labor is like any other commodity in the market--increase the demand for it and you increase the price of it.”

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Labor is like any other commodity in the market--increase the demand for it and you increase the price of it.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Lincoln discusses the economic principles of labor supply and demand, emphasizing the relationship between labor and wages.

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