The oil price affects the economy through the cost of fuel for transport, including the distribution of goods by companies, for travel and for heating.

Rail facilitated distribution of goods, of which wheat was the most important.

It contains important regulations concerning property rights, inheritances, matrimonies, the distribution of goods and the regulation of various legal disputes (e.g. between neighbors).

The planning of work, the choice of technologies, the management and distribution of goods are seen as questions that can only be resolved in practice.

For instance, grievances regarding the distribution of goods in society are ultimately struggles for recognition.