“landlords... grow richer, as it were in their sleep, without working, risking, or economizing."”

— John Stuart Mill, book Principles of Political Economy

Book 5, Chapter 2, Section 5
Principles of Political Economy (1848-1871)

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British philosopher and political economist 1806–1873

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