Sentence examples for its ability to satisfy from inspiring English sources
The idea that value derives from utility contradicted Karl Marx's labour theory of value, which held that an item's value derives from the labour used to produce it and not from its ability to satisfy human wants.
The physiocratic system also leads to materialism, he believed, because it values everything according to its utility, its ability to satisfy our basic needs.
But the country's expectations soon exceeded its ability to satisfy them.
Menger believed that value is completely subjective: a product's value is found in its ability to satisfy human wants.
This paper reviews the available data on daily hemodialysis, focusing on its ability to satisfy this goal.
At the same time, the rampant corruption at every level of government is draining government's coffers reducing its ability to satisfy people's demands.
While Mr. Bloomberg's popularity has increased, the convention promises to test his ability to satisfy an electorate that is overwhelmingly Democratic.
"That being the case, an opportunity to do different work, outside his 'chosen field,' may better serve his ability to satisfy the disgorgement order".
One technician looks beyond the anti-homosexual prejudice to see the gender stereotypes that the couple is perpetuating — that Alice is attempting to puncture Freddie's power and also to diminish him by challenging his ability to satisfy her.
"Vantage's ability to satisfy its projected profits largely depends on its ability to evict rent-regulated tenants and raise rents to market levels," wrote Alphonso B. David, chief of the Civil Rights Bureau in the attorney general's office, in a letter to the company last week.
