“Opulent, civilized, and industrious nations, are greater consumers than poor ones, because they are infinitely greater producers.”

— Jean-Baptiste Say

Source: A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832), Book III, On Consumption, Chapter I, p. 391 (See also: Say's Law)

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