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These are the rules of big business. They have superseded the teachings of our parents and are reducible to a simple maxim: Get a monopoly; let Society work for you; and remember that the best of all business is politics, for a legislative grant, franchise, subsidy or tax exemption is worth more than a Kim-berly or Comstock lode, since it does not require any labor, either mental or physical, for its exploitation.

Frederic C. Howe

Frederic C. Howe

Frederic C. Howe

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Born: November 21, 1867

Died: August 3, 1940 (aged 72)

Bio: Frederic Clemson Howe was a member of the Ohio Senate, a dedicated yet flexible Georgist, Commissioner of Immigration of the Port of New York, and published author. He was also president of the League for Small and Subject Nationalities.

Known for:

The Confessions of a Monopolist (1906)
The Confessions of a Reformer (1925)
Wisconsin: An Experiment in Democracy (1912)
Revolution and Democracy (1921)
Privilege and Democracy in America (1910)

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