所以他就根本不管物品的真实价值，制定了种种荒唐的价格。

So he made the prices ridiculous, without caring at all what anything was worth.

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按照西方的标准，价格低得近乎荒唐。

By Western standards the prices are ludicrously low.

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同理，在繁荣的前提下，大宗商品的消费者将会竭尽全力地去追逐这些原材料以至他们把价格推高到非常荒唐的水准，至少在一段非常短的时间内是这样。

Similarly, in boom conditions commodity consumers will be so desperate to get their hands on raw materials that they will drive prices up to absurd levels, at least for a short time.

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