Where a new market can be created for the sale of our products, either of the soil, the mine, or the manufactory, a new means is discovered of utilizing our idle capital and labor to the advantage of the whole people.
Grant discusses the potential for creating new markets to utilize idle capital and labor for the benefit of society.
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