Consumption may be regarded as negative production.

Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time.

In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the term Goods for that purpose.

The hope that poverty and ignorance may gradually be extinguished, derives indeed much support from the steady progress of the working classes during the nineteenth century.

What can be labeled, packaged, mass produced is neither truth nor art.

Production, exports and consumption clearly began to perk up since November last year.