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And these others choose to pay only such prices as are far below what the laborers could produce, if they themselves had the necessary capital to work with.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “And these others choose to pay only such prices as are far below what the laborers could produce, if they themselves had…”
Editor's note · Context
Spooner criticizes the low wages paid to laborers, which do not reflect their potential productivity.
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