2. A relative disadvantage in all foreign commercial transactions, occasioned by the high comparative prices of corn and labour, and the low value of silver, as far as they affect exportable commodities.
"Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and General Wealth of the Country"
Thomas Malthus
exportable goods were never safe from seizure until they had left Argentine soil.
"The South American Republics Part I of II"
Thomas C. Dawson
The region which is now threatened by Soviet troops in Afghanistan is of great strategic importance: It contains more than two-thirds of the world's exportable oil.
"State of the Union Addresses of Jimmy Carter"
Jimmy Carter