Faustino Ballve

Image of Faustino Ballve
Nothing has value in itself. The consumer confers value on it by seeking to acquire it. Hence, the value of a thing is never objective, but always subjective.
- Faustino Ballve
Collection: Consumers
Image of Faustino Ballve
Free trade or the free market means the sovereignty of the consumer.
- Faustino Ballve
Collection: Mean
Image of Faustino Ballve
It is impossible to find a single example of a monopoly that has ever existed without official protection.
- Faustino Ballve
Collection: Example
Image of Faustino Ballve
The excellence of metallic money in free circulation consists in the fact that it renders impossible the abuse of the power of the government to dispose of the possessions of its citizens by means of its monetary policy and thus serves as the solid foundation of economic liberty within each country and of free trade between one country and another.
- Faustino Ballve
Collection: Country
Image of Faustino Ballve
As the consumer is the public general, without distinction of rank or fortune, the free market is the most obvious expression of the sovereignty of the people and the best guarantee of democracy.
- Faustino Ballve
Collection: Expression