We must remember that the real problem is not how to produce some improvement in the condition of the working man- for that has to a certain extent been attained already- but how to secure his complete material independence. (Arnold Toynbee)

We must remember that the real problem is not how to produce some improvement in the condition of the working man- for that has to a certain extent been attained already- but how to secure his complete material independence.

Arnold Toynbee

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