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Quotation from A Treatise on Political Economy by Jean-Baptiste Say

“it is production which opens a demand for products.”

Jean-Baptiste Say (spoken by Say)

A Treatise on Political Economy, Book I, Chapter XV: Of the demand or market for products, trans. C. R. Prinsep (1821), American edition ed. C. C. Biddle

Say's compressed form of the same law, introduced as a conclusion that may at first sight appear paradoxical.

Citation: "it is production which opens a demand for products." — Jean-Baptiste Say, A Treatise on Political Economy, Book I, Chapter XV: Of the demand or market for products, trans. C. R. Prinsep (1821), American edition ed. C. C. Biddle. (id say-treatise-on-political-economy-q3)

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