Capitalist Quote by Alan Greenspan

“You can't have the capitalist system if an increasing number of people think it is unjust.” quote by Alan Greenspan — Download Open image

“You can't have the capitalist system if an increasing number of people think it is unjust.”

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Will capitalist economies operate at full employment in the absence of routine intervention? Certainly not. Are deviations from full employment a social problem? Obviously.

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