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FDR: “Capital is essential; reasonable earnings on capital are essential; but misuse of the powers of capital or selfish…”

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Capital is essential; reasonable earnings on capital are essential; but misuse of the powers of capital or selfish suspension of the employment of capital must be ended, or the capitalistic system will destroy itself through its own abuses.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that the misuse of capital can lead to the self-destruction of the capitalistic system.

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