Jean-Charles-Leonard Simonde De Sismondi (May 9, 1773 - June 25, 1842) on Workers and Capitalists(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 #32 on Economic Struggle Quotes >> Workers and Capitalists
“...the lives of poor artisans... gives to the state a superabundant population. Already brought into the world, that population finds no longer any room to exist there; it is always ready to be satisfied with the lowest terms on which it may be permitted to live. There is no condition so hard that men are not found ready to engage in it voluntarily....”
Source: "Political Economy," by Jean-Charles-Leonard Simonde de Sismondi, 1815 Chapter 7.
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