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[532] Scarlett: If someone is producing a commodity, it is specifically for
trade or exchange. The basis of the market is that it is
necessary to trade your commodities for other commodities in
order to survive. We are not able to function without the
items that we trade for. As a result, people involved in a
market become dependant on that market and on the exchange
values of the commodities they produce. The explanation for
why an occasional exchange of surplus products between
tribes is an exchange of products rather than commodities
lies in the word surplus. “Surplus” implies that the tribes
are able to subsist on what they produce themselves, and
only exchange what they don't use. Therefore, they are not
dependent on the market. |
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