Commodities drop has investors worried.

期货下挫引发投资者担忧。

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Or was the better bet to believe University of Illinois' Julian Simon, who said prices for oil and other commodities would drop?

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Thanks to abundant natural resources the economy has grown at an average of 7% a year for the past decade and only now shows some signs of flagging as commodities prices drop.

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It stands to reason that replacing OPEC's monopoly with fuel competition will force the cartel and commodities speculators to drop the price of oil.

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