| This question <18|33> overall <25|27> Alex: <969|109>. |
| Question 3: What is a commodity? Marx does not give the definition of a commodity but an analysis. How would you define the thing he analyses? (The answer can be given in one sentence.) |
| [26] Alex: A commodity is something which is produced for sale or exchange. This seems to be only common sense at first but one must consider that in the production of a good there are many stages, from natural resources, intermediate goods, and final goods, I think Marx is saying that all of these levels can be considered as commodities. |
| Hans: Yes. Means of production produced for sale are commodities. But freely available natural resources (the air we breathe) are not. |
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