Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, a…

Ludwig von Mises
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Economic progress is the work of the savers, who accumulate capital, and of the entrepreneurs, who turn capital to new uses. ✨ Ludwig Von Mises (1960). Epistemological Problems of Economics, p.243, Ludwig von Mises Institute
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