#commodities

Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them. ↗

— David Ricardo

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I never looked at people or singing as commodities. ↗

— Pat Benatar

#i #looked #never #people #singing

Soaring prices for crude oil, falling production surpluses, wild speculation in commodities, a rush into the precious metals, turmoil in the Middle East, assertive oil producers: it is 1973-74 all over again, and at dictation speed. ↗

— James Buchan

#assertive #commodities #crude #crude oil #dictation

It is obvious, moreover, that the formation of price in capitalist society must differ from the formation of price in social conditions based upon the simple production of commodities. ↗

— Rudolf Hiferding

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It is therefore utterly false to say that Marx revokes the law of value as far as individual commodities are concerned, and maintains it in force solely for the aggregate of these commodities. ↗

— Rudolf Hiferding

#as far as #commodities #concerned #false #far

The object of the law of value is to elucidate the actual exchange relations of commodities. ↗

— Rudolf Hiferding

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Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches. ↗

— David Hume

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Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#countries #demand #now #other #other countries

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals. ↗

— Bono

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Let's embrace productive capitalism, not casino capitalism, by restoring transparency and true competition in the commodities markets. ↗

— Maria Cantwell

#casino #commodities #competition #embrace #markets