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Telling a farmer only that he is leasing twenty acres of land is about as...
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James C. Scott
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Seeing Like a State: How
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Telling a farmer only that he is leasing twenty acres of land is about as helpful as telling a scholar that he has bought six kilograms of books.
( James C. Scott )
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