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| Exam Question 6: What is a commodity? Marx does not give the definition of a commodity but an analysis. How would you define the thing he analyzes? (The answer can be given in one sentence.) |
| [13] Toby: Marx's analysis of a commodity is very open to anything “produced for sale or exchange.” Personally I tend to think of a commodity as a finished good available for purchase. Marx's definition is too general for me, by supposing a commodity can be any good “raw or finished.” |
| Hans: Good question. Scientific definitions are not arbitrary but depend on the character of the things defined. |
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