Commodity

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Simply put: a commodity is defined as something that was made through human labor, satisfies a demand, and is produced for the purpose of exchange. If I bake a loaf of bread to eat, then it’s just bread. But if I bake it in order to sell it, then the loaf becomes a commodity

A People's Guide to Capitalism

The producer of commodities no longer lives directly on the products of his own labor: on the contrary, he can live only if gets rid of these products

A People's Guide to Capitalism

the defining aspect of commodities is that they are produced for exchange

A People's Guide to Capitalism

How are they exchanged? What determines their values in relation to other commodities

A People's Guide to Capitalism

^ Exchange-value.

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