Most people in Britain did not enthusiastically engage in wage labor—at least so long as they had an alternative. To make sure that people accepted wage labor, the classical political economists actively advocated measures to deprive people of their traditional means of support.


p. 2 - The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation (2000)

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Most people in Britain did not enthusiastically engage in wage labor—at least so long as they had an alternative. To make sure that people accepted ...

Most people in Britain did not enthusiastically engage in wage labor—at least so long as they had an alternative. To make sure that people accepted ...

Most people in Britain did not enthusiastically engage in wage labor—at least so long as they had an alternative. To make sure that people accepted ...

Most people in Britain did not enthusiastically engage in wage labor—at least so long as they had an alternative. To make sure that people accepted ...