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“Take Milton Friedman, he sits at his desk pontificating about such bunk as the monetary system being the answer to our problems. The monetary system is a legal contrivance. Property, not money, is real wealth. It's physical, not legal.”

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Louis O. Kelso
Louis O. Kelso

Louis O. Kelso was an American economist born on April 12, 1913. He is renowned for his extensive research in the fields of capital and distribution theories. Kelso proposed the concepts of 'shared economy' and 'profit sharing,' which have had a profound impact on subsequent economic theories and practices. more

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