"Political Economy or Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life."
"The most valuable of all capital is that invested in human beings"
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Source: Alfred Marshall (2009). “Principles of Economics: Unabridged Eighth Edition”, p.469, Cosimo, Inc.
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