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Quotes from Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy — Friedrich Engels

1820–1895 Germany

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The liberal economic system had done its best to universalise enmity, to transform mankind into a horde of ravenous beasts (for what else are competitors?).

Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy (1844)

This political economy or science of enrichment born of the merchants' mutual envy and greed, bears on its brow the mark of the most detestable selfishness.

Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy (1844)

Political economy came into being as a natural result of the expansion of trade, and with its appearance elementary, unscientific huckstering was replaced by a developed system of licensed fraud, an entire science of enrichment.

Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy (1844)

The economist's “demand” is not the real demand; his “consumption” is an artificial consumption. For the economist, only that person really demands, only that person is a real consumer, who has an equivalent to offer for what he receives.

Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy (1844)

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