Chapter XXII: Social Motive Force

[115] “Poverty is the fruit of Political Economy. . . . Political Economy requires death to come to its aid; . . . it is the theory of instability and theft.”—«Proudhon», ‹Contradictions Économiques›, t. xi. p. 214. “If the people want bread, . . . it is the fault of Political Economy.”—‹Ibid.›