The company made profits by performing a genuinely productive function: linking buyers and sellers, allowing both sides to control for risk.

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Once again, inflation is a function of sagging currency values that foster reduced investment in productive endeavors.

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Our function, really, is to help our patients stay well so they can be productive and happy.

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