Why discount future goods at all?

为什么要折价未来的产品呢？

youdao

The interest rate is the difference between the values of current and future goods.

利率是现在、将来货物的价值之间的不同。

youdao

These are goods that are unidentified at the date of formation of the contract and may or may not be future goods.

未确定物是合同订立时未确定的货物，可以是也可以不是未来物。

youdao

If he (or the country) is deemed trustworthy, a provider may accept the promise of future goods for a note.

FORBES: Irish Stress Tests: Bailout To Cost $99B, Banking Sector To Consolidate

But it surely also applies to the prices of claims on future goods and services, such as equities or property.

ECONOMIST: On the trail of the mutant inflation monster

In that scenario, we have to ask which claims on those limited future goods and services will be more durable (harder to repudiate) than others.

FORBES: 6 Reasons Why I Don't Invest In The U.S. Stock Market