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In a business society, the emotional economy is an economy of scarcity.

Margaret Halsey

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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
Writer
Yonkers
New York State
Scarcity
Emotional
Economy
Society
Business

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Bulldogs have been known to fall on their swords when confronted by my superior tenacity.
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