What economists call over-production is but a production that is above the purchasing power of the worker, who is reduced to poverty by Capital and State. (Peter Kropotkin)

What economists call over-production is but a production that is above the purchasing power of the worker, who is reduced to poverty by Capital and State.

Peter Kropotkin

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