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[12] Minaret: Used Commodities. Wrong. Although the exchange-value cannot be derived from the
commodity's use-value, commodities have a separate second quality: their
ability to be exchanged on the market. An apple core can be sold as an
apple but would someone buy it as an apple? Probably not. The
apple (the carrier) has lost its use-value and therefore has lost its
exchange-value. The exchange-value of the commodity decreases in
proportion to the use-value diminishing. Another idea is that when the
commodity is used it actually becomes a different good. For example,
you may not be able to sell an apple core as an apple, but you may be
able to sell the seeds from the core. As a separate good. A different
use-value. And likewise it would then have a different exchange-value
based on the demand for apple seeds. |
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