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THE function of NATURE is not to expound economics or finance, but when a famous man of science uses its widely-read pages to challenge the fundamentals of the almost ubiquitous system under which humanity lives—or perishes, the humble individual who has undertaken to defend the philosophy of the system must be pardoned if a little extra space is required to try to elucidate an aspect of the subject overlooked both by would-be reformers and unreflecting conservatives.
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LEISENRING, W. Science and Economics. Nature 111, 846–847 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111846a0
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