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description: "Proletarian workers earn money by selling their time, while capital investors make money by 'lending' their right to use money in exchange for the debtor's promise to repay the principal and interest, business ownership (which we call equity or stocks), or other assets (such as real estate). —Debt: The First 5,000 Years"
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# Proletarian workers earn money by selling their ti…