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The Average American Worker Enjoys Amenities For Which Croesus, Crassus, The Medici, And Louis Xiv Would Have Envied Him.
-Ludwig Von Mises
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The Average American Worker Enjoys Amenities For
Ludwig Von Mises
The Average American Worker Enjoys Amenities For Which Croesus, Crassus, The Medici, And Louis Xiv Would Have Envied Him.
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