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THE evolution of simple existence to prosperity encounters the same problems everywhere. In modern countries the evolution goes from the stage of self-employment via compulsory labour to modern wage employment. Especially in the field of agriculture, where up to the present day self-employment is still in existence at some places, the stage of compulsory labour was in the beginning represented by outright slavery, while in industry in the beginning labour was compulsory and received only meagre wages.
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SITSEN, P. MODERN INDUSTRY IN THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES*. Nature 151, 468–470 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151468a0
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