Laborers and all classes who work for stipulated pay or salary would receive more for their income, because extra profits would no longer be charged by the capitalists to compensate for the risk of a downward fluctuation in the value of the currency.
Grant discusses the economic impact of currency fluctuations on laborers' incomes.
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