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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

Topics: Between Cannot Checks Commodities Countries Country Gold Goods Issue Must Notes Only Paid Since Value

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The reporting of news has to be understood as propaganda for commodities, and events by images.

~Christopher Lasch

Topics: Commodities Events Images News Propaganda Reporting Understood

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We want to open spaces for young people to thrive in this economy, and that is why we said... when government buys commodities and services, we must have some set aside for young people.

~Cyril Ramaphosa

Topics: Aside Buys Commodities Economy Government Must Open People Said Services Set Some Spaces Thrive Want Why Young Young People

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StockX's live marketplace will harness the Internet's natural ability to facilitate a better way to transact certain segments of ecommerce. We are going to bring the kind of trading platform and visibility to tangible products that financial and commodities markets have used for decades.

~Dan Gilbert

Topics: Ability Better Better Way Bring Certain Commodities Decades Facilitate Financial Going Harness Internet Kind Live Marketplace Markets Natural Platform Products Segments Tangible Trading Used Visibility Way Will

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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

Topics: Abound Always Commodities Condition Easy Every Government Just Mild Most People Rendering Riches Secure Subjects Well Will Wise

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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

Topics: Arbitrary Bestowed Capital Commodities Dependent Employed Gold Intrinsic Labour Like Mines Other Produce Quantity Scarcity Silver Them Value Which

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The facility of obtaining food is beneficial in two ways to the owners of capital, it at the same time raises profits and increases the amount of consumable commodities.

~David Ricardo

Topics: Amount Beneficial Capital Commodities Facility Food Increases Obtaining Owners Profits Raises Same Same Time Time Two Ways

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The exchangeable value of all commodities, rises as the difficulties of their production increase.

~David Ricardo

Topics: Commodities Difficulties Increase Production Rises Value

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A rise of wages from this cause will, indeed, be invariably accompanied by a rise in the price of commodities; but in such cases, it will be found that labour and all commodities have not varied in regard to each other, and that the variation has been confined to money.

~David Ricardo

Topics: Accompanied Been Cases Cause Commodities Confined Each Found Indeed Invariably Labour Money Other Price Regard Rise Variation Varied Wages Will

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But a rise in the wages of labour would not equally affect commodities produced with machinery quickly consumed, and commodities produced with machinery slowly consumed.

~David Ricardo

Topics: Affect Commodities Consumed Equally Labour Machinery Produced Quickly Rise Slowly Wages Would

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