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Commodification

Core definition

The conversion of use-value (the value of a chicken in feeding one's hunger) to monetary or exchange-value at a market (on sale for $7.95).

Longer explanation

What value does an object have? Is it the value that an object brings to our lives – or is it $$? Is the value of a sweater warmth or $29.95? Is the ...

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