"It is not worth my while to manufacture in three countries only; but I can find it very worthwhile to make it for the whole world."
— James Watt

January 1, 1970

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Attributed to James Watt in: Joel Mokyr, The lever of riches: Technological creativity and economic progress. Oxford University Press, 1992. p, 245