Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Ryan McMaken
“Decades before the Marxists came along, the classical liberals exposed how some classes exploit other classes. Through taxes and inflation, government regimes transfer wealth from the more productive members of society to the less productive ones. For at least two centuries, political theorists have attempted to identify and understand the ways that various social and economic classes have interacted within this system of state exploitation. … Among these classes we also find a group that is often ignored, or at least it is infrequently mentioned. It is the class small enterprise: the owners of small factories, the artisans, and the shopkeepers. Or, to use a term more frequently found outside the United States: the petite bourgeoisie.” (02/16/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/brief-history-petite-bourgeoisie