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" For when a farmer borrows fifty francs to buy a plow, it is not actually the fifty francs that is lent to him; it is the plow.
And when a merchant borrows twenty thousand francs to buy a house, it is not the twenty thousand francs he owes; it is the house. "

Frédéric Bastiat , The Economics of Freedom: What Your Professors Won't Tell You


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Frédéric Bastiat quote : For when a farmer borrows fifty francs to buy a plow, it is not actually the fifty francs that is lent to him; it is the plow.<br />And when a merchant borrows twenty thousand francs to buy a house, it is not the twenty thousand francs he owes; it is the house.