“The uncritical way in which he has treated his subject will …”

“The uncritical way in which he has treated his subject will become evident from one single remark. He pleads against a rise of wages or against high wages as the result of such a rise.”

— Karl Marx

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Title: Wikiquote: Karl Marx
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Value, Price and Profit, a short book intended to be a refutation of John Weston, a member of the First International who had criticized the rise in wages. (June 20 and 27, 1865)

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Marx, Karl. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Karl Marx. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Karl_Marx

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