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[76] Ashley: Commodities Are Like Paintings. A commodity is an article of trade or commerce. The value is the substance
of that commodity. In economics, we discuss how important commodities are
in society, but in order to truly understand what a commodity is, we need to
understand the meaning of it, the value, which is what is most important.
The value is the different labors and uses that make up the commodity which,
at most times, is overlooked. Most people look at the total package, not at
what its contents are. I like to compare this subject to a painting.
Everybody “aaaahhhh's” at the picture when it is complete, but they don't
know the work that goes in to each stroke by the artist, however, without
the strokes, there would be no painting. The same goes for a commodity.
The commodity is the painting as a whole, and the value is like the strokes.
It is impossible for one to exist without the other, and at the same time,
the strokes (value) are what's most important. |
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