No nation was ever ruined by trade. — Benjamin Franklin

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No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Benjamin Franklin

The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1779 · 1780

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Trade and commerce Economic theory

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1780

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Benjamin Franklin

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Franklin, Benjamin. "Thoughts on Commercial Subjects." The Annual Register, Or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, For the Year 1779. London: J. Dodsley, 1780.

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