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Learning Liberties Video - The Real Cure for Child Labor

The real cure for child labor is adopting institutions that support economic freedom, private property rights and the rule of law. It wasn't till 19 38 that we had our first national anti child labor law here in the united states. By then, our incomes were up over ten thousand dollars per person in to day's terms. The idea that corporations just didn't need to pay children any more because there was so much wealth to go around is complete nonsense.

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