In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. (Frédéric Bastiat)

In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects.

Frédéric Bastiat

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