But the consumption even of productive labourers is not all of it productive consumption.

但即令是生产性劳动者的消费也不全是生产性消费。

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Fictitious wealth, which enters into neither individual nor productive consumption, is nothing but legal titles with claims against actual wealth.

虚拟财富自身不能进入人类的生活消费和生产消费，它们不过是对实际财富具有索取权的“法律证书”。

youdao

He said: "our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption our way of life".

他说：“我们庞大的生产经济体需要让消费成为我们的生活模式。”

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All of these mistakes freeze investment in productive capacity tomorrow and consumption today.

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Finance gushed into property and consumption rather than productive investment.

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