#commodities

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

#associates #commodities #corrupt #government #hoard

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

For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman. ↗

— Ana Castillo

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When you look at a commodities market you need hedgers and speculators. If you don't have one, you don't have a market. That's how it works. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#how #look #market #need #speculators

When goods are exchanged between countries, they must be paid for by commodities or gold. They cannot be paid for by the notes, certificates, and checks of the purchaser's country, since these are of value only in the country of issue. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

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But if inventions have increased man's power over nature very much, then the real value of money is better measured for some purposes in labour than in commodities. ↗

— Alfred Marshall

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China also has moved away from its original status of purely producing basic, what you call, consumer commodities and Chinese companies are moving beyond China to various parts of the world. ↗

— Sellapan Ramanathan

#away #basic #beyond #call #china

I never looked at people or singing as commodities. ↗

— Pat Benatar

#i #looked #never #people #singing

Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love. ↗

— Morihei Ueshiba

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