#commodities

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

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Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years. ↗

— Jim Rogers

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Tough times helped many commodities producers become lean and mean through consolidation, mergers and cost-cutting. All that excess supply has been sopped up. ↗

— Jim Rogers

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You can no longer buy commodities at Merrill Lynch. My guess is many analysts and even executives are too young to know how profitable a hot commodities market can be. They will soon. ↗

— Jim Rogers

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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

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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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The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment. ↗

— Herbert Marcuse

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