Jean-Charles-Leonard Simonde De Sismondi (May 9, 1773 - June 25, 1842) on Poverty and Class(published by RevoltSource) |
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Swiss Historian, Political Economist, best Known for his Works on French and Italian History, one of the First Liberal Critics of Laissez-faire Economics, Pioneering Advocate of Unemployment Insurance, Sickness Benefits, and a Progressive Tax
: A Swiss historian and political economist, who is best known for his works on French and Italian history, and his economic ideas. His Nouveaux principes d'?conomie politique, ou de la richesse dans ses rapports avec la population (1819) represents the first liberal critique of laissez-faire economics. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #18 on Economic Struggle Quotes >> Poverty and Class
“The ground and his animals were all that man could force to work in concert with him; but, in society, the rich man could force the poor to work in concert with him”
Source: "Political Economy," by Jean-Charles-Leonard Simonde de Sismondi, 1815 Chapter 2.
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