Robert L. Heilbroner
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It may strike us as odd that the idea of gain is a relatively modern one; we are schooled to believe that man is essentially an acquisitive creature and that left to himself he will behave as any self-respecting businessman would. The profit motive, we are constantly being told, is as old as man himself.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
p. 15
He who enlists a man's mind wields a power even greater than the sword or the scepter.
p. 3
The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society.
p. 123
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