No human being has the faculty of originally creating matter, which is more than nature itself can do. But any one may avail himself of the agents of… - Jean-Baptiste Say

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No human being has the faculty of originally creating matter, which is more than nature itself can do. But any one may avail himself of the agents offered him by nature, to invest matter with utility.

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About Jean-Baptiste Say

Jean-Baptiste Say (5 January 1767 – 15 November 1832) was a French economist and businessman. He was said to have held classically liberal views. He is most remembered today for Say's Law.

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Alternative Names: Jean Baptiste Say
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