And is it so unreasonable for the West to try to make sure that its millions will be put to productive purposes in a market economy?

We are not, however, told to what productive purpose they applied this money.

I can't let that hospital run to waste, I want to utilize it for more productive purposes.

Those dollars could otherwise go to more productive purposes like lowering retail prices, improving products and services or creating new jobs.

This is because economic resources allocated to the military are not available for productive purposes.

"The transaction costs have been enormous, but the money hasn't really served any productive purpose," said a senior commission official.

Flow of funds for productive purposes is also made possible.

He was willing to use them and research further so that his research is used for productive purposes.

That money then could be used for more productive purposes.

Definition: Reducing an earth-borne thing's size for a productive purpose.