Economic laws are, of course, of the nature of ethical laws, and not of physical; but they are none the less on that account natural laws, and the polemic instituted by the Socialists of the Chair to expel the notion of natural law from the entire territory of political economy is unjustifiable.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
They fight for a particular claim of right-the utterly unjustifiable claim to the whole product of labour-and they propose to turn the world upside down by a vast scheme of social reconstruction in order to get their unjust, delusive, and mischievous idea realized.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
It is true, again, that Wagner's theory of equitable distribution is not the theory of Rodbertus-he rejects the right of labour to the whole product; but his theory, if less definite, is not less unjustifiable.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae