“ A country which always sends out fewer commodities or less produce than it receives puts itself in equilibrium by impoverishing itself; it will receive ever less, until, in extreme poverty, it receives nothing. ”
Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748). copy citation
Author | Montesquieu |
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Source | The Spirit of Law |
Topic | poverty equilibrium |
Date | 1748 |
Language | English |
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Note | Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone |
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