A Quote by Barry Commoner

After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.

Barry Commoner

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Barry Commoner
American - Scientist
May 28, 1917 - September 30, 2012

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Scott Morrison

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Philip Kotler

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Gary Hamel

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Suzanne La Follette

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Charles Dallara

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