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“At the root of capitalism poverty one always finds unemployment and underemployment what Mark called the industrial reserve army which directly deprive their victims of income and undermine the security and bargaining power of those with whom the unemployed compete for scarce jobs.”

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Le capitalisme monopoliste

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