standard of value
Example Sentences
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We are sloppy about the standard by which we measure good and bad, our standard of value.
From Forbes ● Jan. 29, 2015
Not everyone holds human life as their standard of value, and people often argue that things are right or wrong for reasons other than the ways they benefit or harm human beings.
From Forbes ● Jan. 29, 2015
“Its life is the standard of value directing its actions,” Rand wrote, “it acts automatically to further its life and cannot act for its own destruction.”
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2012
"Money is the sole American standard of value," said Joad.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although coin made from the standard of value is a great convenience, there is yet no vital need, in theory, for a single dollar, pound or franc made from the standard of value.
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
