In the end the question is: Who is to be master, man or his… - Robert Heilbroner

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In the end the question is: Who is to be master, man or his machines? As long as the control over technology rests primarily on economic calculation, the victor is not likely to be man.

Robert Heilbroner

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Robert Heilbroner (March 24, 1919 – January 4, 2005) was an American economist and historian of economic thought.

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