“To a proprietor of a mine, the silver money is a produce with which he buys what he has occasion for. To all those through whose hands this silver afterwards passes, it is only the price of the produce which they themselves have raised by means of their property in land, their capitals, or their industry. In selling them they in the first place exchange them for money, and afterwards they exchange the money for articles of consumption.” FirstsMeanHandsPoliticsEconomyLandProduceMinesIndustryPropertyRaisedSellingOccasionsLiberalismSilverArticlesConsumption Book:Letters to Thomas Robert Malthus on Political Economy and Stagnation of Commerce Source: Letters to Thomas Robert Malthus on Political Economy and Stagnation of Commerce
“Capitalists work hard to produce what consumers want. Artists who work too hard to produce what consumers want are often accused of selling out. Thus, even the languages of capitalism and art conflict: a firm that has 'sold out' has succeeded, but an artist that has 'sold out' has failed.” WantArtHardArtistLanguageProduceHard WorkConflictCapitalismSellingConsumersFirmCapitalistAccusedSelling OutSold Out Author:Alex Tabarrok
“If more people start selling ugly produce we have a chance to crack the hunger and malnutrition problems in the U.S. (Almost 90% of us do not get enough fruits and veggies).” PeopleIfsEnoughProblemChanceProduceFruitHungerUglySellingCracksMalnutritionFruits And Veggies Author:Dana Cowin
“Throughout history governments have been chronically short of revenue. The reason should be clear: unlike you and me, governments do not produce useful goods and services that they can sell on the market; governments, rather than producing and selling services, live parasitically off the market and off society.” ShouldHas BeensReasonGovernmentClearProduceLike YouSellsSellingGoodsRevenueAnd OffGoods And Services Author:Murray Rothbard
“It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.” HumorFunnyDifficultMinutesProduceTelevisionPaperSingingDancingDanceMarketingSellingAdvertisingTwelveDocumentariesToiletsRabbitsInterruptedToilet PaperTwilight ZoneProbing Author:Rod Serling