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“The Americans’ great wealth (and their great love for it) makes it precisely the appropriate metaphor. Supply and Demand as a principle has permeated their minds. As a practice, it stains all the way down to their souls.”

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Geoffrey Wood
Geoffrey Wood

Geoffrey Wood, born in 1945, is an accomplished author whose works span a variety of genres, including history, literature, and philosophy. more

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