“To turn $100 into $110 is work. To turn $100 million into $110 million is inevitable.”

— Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Quoted in Nancy Folbre, "Field Guide to the U.S. Economy" (2011), p. 15.

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Canadian-American businessman 1929–2013

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