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“For it is no railways, roads, and power stations that give rise to industrial capitalism: it is the emergence of industrial capitalism that leads to the building of railways, to the construction of roads, and to the establishment of power stations.”

Quote by Paul A. Baran

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Paul A. Baran was a prominent economist, born on August 25, 1909, and died on March 26, 1964. He had a significant impact on the field of economics, particularly in the areas of network theory and information theory. more

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