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Victoria C. Woodhull: “A national currency, then, should be a representative of that which it is its sphere to exchange; that is to say: a…”

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A national currency, then, should be a representative of that which it is its sphere to exchange; that is to say: a currency dollar should stand for a certain amount of the different products, which have been produced at the expense of a certain amount of labor.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull proposes that a national currency should represent the labor and products it exchanges.

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