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Political Economy or Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary…
Quote byAlfred Marshall · 1842–1924
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Principles of Economics, (1890), Bk I, Ch. I, Introduction.
English (original)
Political Economy or Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life; it examines that part of individual and social action which is most closely connected with the attainment and with the use of the material requisites of wellbeing.
— Alfred Marshall
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