material goods
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Total remittances and material goods to the island amounted to $3 billion last year, according to Emilio Morales of the Havana Consulting Group, a Miami-based market-intelligence firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
About one-third pointed to spending on experiences, and 13% chose spending on material goods.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025
Giving Tuesday’s arrival days after Thanksgiving and Black Friday snaps us out of the funk brought on by consumption of food and material goods at peak levels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
As Bob Batchelor wrote in his paper "Advertising in the 1920s," most Americans both had more financial success than they had in the previous decade and increasingly equated material goods with personal success.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2023
Whites had arrived, imposed centralized government, and brought material goods whose value New Guineans instantly recognized, ranging from steel axes, matches, and medicines to clothing, soft drinks, and umbrellas.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
