Both explanations add weight to the idea of a "commodity supercycle", a long-term surge in prices that might last for 15-20 years.

两种解释都加据了“商品超循环”，这一波长期价格增长可能要持续15 - 20年。

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The fact that private cars are competing with commodity houses to be the first consideration in peoples consumption itself shows that the traditional idea of sticking to a certain place is challenged.

私家车与商品房在争夺人们心中消费第一支出的位置，这本身就是对传统安居乐业观念的超越与颠覆。

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"I think it was the anthropologist in me that was fascinated by this idea that people thought they could control a world commodity, " she recalls.

她回想起来，“有人认为自己能够控制世界期货，他们的所作所为，给许多人造成了难以磨灭的伤害。

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Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the British Medical Association, said the policy appeared to "further establish the idea of healthcare as a commodity", which would not be in patients' "best interests".

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The idea is to build up a multi-commodity company by 2000, says president director Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas.

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Well, this goes back to the idea that consumers have a very poor understanding of what a commodity is truly worth.

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