A few large firms have a stranglehold on the production of this essential commodity.

少数几家大公司对这种不可或缺的日用品的生产给予箝制。

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To do that we can strip out everything that isn't essential to the vision, even if it's part of the minimum feature set needed to deliver a commodity or protect the differentiator.

为了达到这个目的，我们可以先拿掉与愿景实质上不想干的东西，即时它是发布商品或者保护差异的最小特性集的一部分。

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They will also have turned life's most essential molecule into a global commodity.

同时，两家公司也让生活最需要的物质成为全球性的商品。

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This is the result of increased demand in essential, commodity-based assets that comes at the same time unemployment, stagnant wages and tighter credit cause consumers to put off big-ticket purchases.

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