Economy Quote by Michael Hudson

We are a very big mining country and historically have been exporters of raw minerals. There is no particular reason why we should not…

— Thabo Mbeki

There has to be policies about that, about what materials we use and so on.

— Richard Rogers

“Societies only have waste products while acquiring fresh raw material remains a cheaper option than recycling.”

— Peter F. Hamilton

Speculation in land may be necessary to capitalism, but speculative orgies periodically become a quagmire of destruction for capital itself.

— David Harvey

A commodity producer should be comfortable being exposed to prices.

— Harold Hamm

We need to move away from crass, consumption-driven materialism by de-materialising status

— Jonathon Porritt

The real problems of our planet are not economic or technical, they are philosophical. The philosophy of unbridled materialism is being challenged by events.

— Anonymous

There's no question that protectionist or sort of moral suasion efforts like this can make a difference on a case-by-case basis. We have seen…

— Greg Ip

We can't depend on consumers to spend money they don't have on stuff they don't need, so the government has to do it for…

— Jacob Sullum

Everything does not have to be a commodity.

— Rohini Nilekani

The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.

— Calvin Coolidge

We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.

— William Weld