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billions of dollars of commodities consumed in their production ; the existing currency supply is wholly inadequate to make this exchange . The results are falling prices , the formation of combines and rings , the impoverishment of the ...
billions of dollars of commodities consumed in their production ; the existing currency supply is wholly inadequate to make this exchange . The results are falling prices , the formation of combines and rings , the impoverishment of the ...
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As he saw it , " The cranks are those who do not accept the existing order of things , and propose to change them . The existing order of things is always accepted by the majority , therefore the cranks are always in the minority .
As he saw it , " The cranks are those who do not accept the existing order of things , and propose to change them . The existing order of things is always accepted by the majority , therefore the cranks are always in the minority .
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But this could not occur under the existing form of social organization , for industrial capitalism was not responsive to human needs . Society , in a word , had to be changed . And while the means selected were moderate — working ...
But this could not occur under the existing form of social organization , for industrial capitalism was not responsive to human needs . Society , in a word , had to be changed . And while the means selected were moderate — working ...
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Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
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