Karl Marx — "M. Proudhon has the misfortune of being particularly misunderstood in Europe. In…"

M. Proudhon has the misfortune of being particularly misunderstood in Europe. In France, he has the right to be a bad economist, because he is reputed to be a good German philosopher. In Germany, he has the right to be a bad philosopher, because he is reputed to be one of the ablest of French economists. Being both a German and an economist at the same time, we desire to protest against this double error.
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From 'The Poverty of Philosophy', a highly witty and sarcastic critique of Proudhon.

Date: 1847

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