Commodities
- Petroleum
- Oil
- Coal
- Coffee
- Black pepper
- African slaves during the slave trade
- Opium poppy
- Compost
- Blackberries
- Human hair
- Guinness
- Marmite
- Bling
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Famous quotes containing the word commodities:
“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 (1711–1776)
“Most works of art are effectively treated as commodities and most artists, even when they justly claim quite other intentions, are effectively treated as a category of independent craftsmen or skilled workers producing a certain kind of marginal commodity.”
—Raymond Williams (1921–1988)