It is in the nature of a complex industrial society that the production processes of many commodities generate "bads" as well as "goods"—e.g., toxic wastes or unhealthy working conditions as well as useful products.
When one of the consumption commodities generates an externality, it was found how the well known optimal commodity tax formula of Ramsey is altered (Bovenberg and Frederick 1994).
Some volatility is built in, due to shifts in the price of oil, the commodity that generates most of the region's wealth.
As the world's largest producer and exporter of palm oil, Indonesia counts on this much-used commodity – that generates almost $20bn a year for the country and employs millions – to drive growth and development.
In its statement, Goldman said fixed income, currency and commodity units generated quarterly revenue of $5.99 billion, a significant increase from the third quarter of 2008, reflecting "strong performances in credit products and mortgages".
Peter Cadisch set up the Solidarity Rüschlikon campaign calling for the village to cut taxes by 5% rather than 7% and to send the rest of the money "back to where the particular workers in the commodity trade generated it".
Goat milk is a commodity that generates a regular income flow for households; however, the milk trade is disadvantageous for farmers.
Add $30 billion per month in higher prices for other industrial commodities the value of oil is equal to 75% of the value of all industrial commodities and commodity producers generated about $120 billion per month more in 2007 than they did in 2004.
You are becoming a commodity that's generating income for a lot of people.
Demand for yen has been rising in recent days, as Japanese insurers and other financial firms sell their most liquid assets like stocks and commodities to generate cash to use at home for rebuilding efforts.
Brazil is a large producer of agricultural and animal commodities, which generates large amounts of byproducts, residues, and/or wastes.
