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the net effect of increasing scale, centralization of capital, vertical integration and diversification within the corporate form of enterprise has been to replace the 'invisible hand' of the market by the 'visible hand' of the managers.

— David Harvey David Harvey (2006)

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The accumulation of capital and misery go hand in hand, concentrated in space.

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Because the earth is not a product of labour it cannot have a value.

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The equilibrium between supply and demand is achieved only through a reaction against the upsetting of the equilibrium.

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Monetary relations have penetrated into every nook and cranny of the world and into almost every aspect of social, even private life.

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Skills that are monopolizable are anathema to capital.

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