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===List of Commodities for which Commodity markets exist=== | ===List of Commodities for which Commodity markets exist=== | ||
*[[Coffee]] | |||
*[[Sugar]] | |||
*[[Cocoa]] | |||
*[[Corn]] | |||
*[[Rice]] | |||
*[[Soy]] | |||
*[[Oil]] (as in fuel) | |||
*[[orange juice]] | |||
*[[wheat]] | |||
*[[barley]] | |||
*[[pigs]] | |||
*[[milk]] | |||
*[[feedstuff]]s | |||
*[[fruit]]s | |||
*[[vegetable]]s | |||
*[[other grains]] | |||
*[[other beans]] | |||
*[[hay]] | |||
*[[other livestock]] | |||
*[[meats]] | |||
*[[poultry]] | |||
*[[egg]]s | |||
=== Marxist commodity === | === Marxist commodity === | ||
Commodities have a special meaning within [[Marxism]], as the | Commodities have a special meaning within [[Marxism]], as the embodyment of an exchange value in a use value. Within the Marxist description of [[capitalism]] commodities only exist to expand the amount of exchange value in the possession of the [[bourgeoisie]]. Exchange values, determined by the amount of work an average worker using average tools would require to produce such a good, directly express human labour and [[proletariat|proletarian]] servitude. As such, Marxists see commodities as a central element of the exploitation of labour within capitalism. | ||
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<small>Adapted from [[Wikipedia]] article [[w:Commodity]] under the clauses of [[GFDL]]</small> | <small>Adapted from [[Wikipedia]] article [[w:Commodity]] under the clauses of [[GFDL]]</small> |