Ricardo, however, strictly limited his law to commodities that admitted of indefinite multiplication, the value of other commodities being, he held, regulated by their scarcity; and he confined it to the normal value of the commodities only, the fluctuations of their market-price depending on other considerations.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
The point to be noted, however, is that Moufang's object, like Ketteler's, is to deliver working men from their hand-to-mouth dependence on the current fluctuations of the market; that he thinks there is something not merely pernicious but radically unjust in their treatment under the present system; and that he calls upon the State to institute some regular machinery-a board with compulsory powers, and composed of labourers and magistrates-for fixing everywhere and in every trade a fair day's wages for a fair day's work.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Secrecy can only conduce to the profit of speculators who gain from great fluctuations of prices.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae