“The first dimension is called "competition," and it refers to that aspect of an economic system in which exchanges of one sort or another play the most important part. In capitalism, of course, competition and exchange occur primarily in markets.”

— Samuel Bowles

Source: Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change, 2005, p. 54

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American economist 1939

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