What capital I give for the spade merely replaces what the manufacturer had already invested in the expectation that the spade would be needed. (William Stanley Jevons)

What capital I give for the spade merely replaces what the manufacturer had already invested in the expectation that the spade would be needed.

William Stanley Jevons

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