Every economy in the production and consumption of an essential commodity, if duly reflected in its selling price, will increase the public demand.
Can the need to improve access to an essential commodity impact the sectoral catch-up trajectory of the corresponding industry?
I hoped, in vain, for that essential commodity in which New Mexico abounds, but which London rarely sees: sun.
The airlines want it to be declared an "essential commodity", making it eligible for tax at 4%.
Space also has become an essential commodity for making and selling art, for which we do have a name: real estate.
Instead, the government is driving our partners to distraction, souring the atmosphere for the next phase of negotiations when goodwill will be an essential commodity.
Central defensive reinforcements look the most essential commodity, plus a return bid for the £12m-rated Ukrainian winger Yevhen Konoplyanka, of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, is thought likely.
Yet, coal is an essential commodity for the growing Turkish economy, with mining operations now largely conducted by private companies seeking to maximize profit.
Even if the sale of caviar is an important source of export income to people living on the great inland sea, no one in the industry is arguing that it is an essential commodity.
The players continue to leave college basketball early, or not come at all, and Big-Name Coach remains the essential commodity, more immune than ever from standard sports criticism for such transgressions as failing to honor a contract.
Given that water is an essential commodity, this discrepancy may in part be symptomatic of an undervaluation of water due to immature and incomplete markets.
