Quotes About Demand

It is not in the power of governments to increase the supply of one commodity without a corresponding restriction in the supply of other commodities more urgently demanded by consumers. The authority may reduce the price of one commodity only by raising the prices of others.

Economic history shows us a continual increase in the demand for money. The characteristic feature of the development of the demand for money is its intensification; the growth of division of labour and consequently of exchange transactions, which have constantly become more and more indirect and dependent on the use of money, have helped to bring this about, as well as the increase of population and prosperity.

When the price of coal falls because production has increased while demand has remained unaltered, then, for example, those retailers are involved who have taken supplies from the wholesale dealers at the old higher price but are now able to dispose of them only at the new and lower price. But this alone will not account for all the social changes brought about by the increase of production of coal. The increase in the supply of coal will have improved the economic position of the community.

For when the Law of Price declares that a good actually commands a particular price, and explains why it does so, it of course implies that the good is able to command this price, and explains why it is able to do so. The Law of Price comprehends the Law of Exchange-Value.

Prices change slowly because the subjective valuations of human beings change slowly.

inertia of prices

the Quantity Theory resembles various general theories of value (many versions of the doctrine of supply and demand, for example), which have not attempted to explain price as such but have been content to establish a law of price-variations.1

credit set business free from dependence on the simultaneous occurrence of demand and supply.

Porque tal es la ley de la democracia económica del mercado. Aquellos que satisfacen las necesidades de un número menor de personas solo recaudan menos votos -dólares- que aquellos que satisfacen las necesidades de más personas.

El sistema de ganancias hace prosperar a esos hombres que han tenido éxito en llenar las necesidades de las personas de la mejor y más barata manera posible. La riqueza solo puede adquirirse sirviendo a los consumidores. Los capitalistas pierden sus fondos tan pronto como no los invierten en aquellas líneas en las que satisfacen mejor las demandas del público.

It is not the fault of the entrepreneurs that the consumers, the people, the common man, prefer liquor to Bibles and detective stories to serious books, and that governments prefer guns to butter. The entrepreneur does not make greater profits in selling bad things than in selling good things. His profits are the greater the better he succeeds in providing the consumers with those things they ask for most intensely.

They don't want to wait their turn. They don't want to work their way up the ladder. They want what they want now

I warn my Christian friends to be extremely careful about what they become righteously indignant about. When we demand salvation by legislation, the law of unintended consequences kicks in.

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

Men had suddenly become a scarce commodity, if not quite as sought after as rice.

She said, "Look me right in the eye, and tell me you don't love me, and I'll go." He stared at her. "Miss, I do not love you." "Don't give me that rot! I'm coming with you, and that's final!" "Daphne, you just said that if I said…" "That doesn't count! I said look me right in the eye! You were staring at my nose!

and Hoffman la Roche, manufacturers of Valium. The cost of the raw material and manufacturing of Valium to Hoffman la Roche is $3 per kilo (2.2 pounds). It is sold to their distributors for $20,000 per kilo. By the time it reaches the consumer, the price of Valium has risen to $50,000 per kilo. Valium is used in huge quantities in Europe and the United States. It is possibly the most used drug of its kind in the world.

Never be afraid to meet to the hilt the demand of either work, or friendship - two of life's major assets.

The worst thing you can do to anybody trying to be creative is to demand participation in their vision.

The economy made me focus on designing more must-haves.

It is not enough to demand insight and informative images of reality from the theater. Our theater must stimulate a desire for understanding, a delight in changing reality.

There is a supply for every demand.

Supply always comes on the heels of demand.

I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.