分类：Culture & Public Commentary

What Should “Commodity” Be?

What Should a “Commodity” Be? —In Defense of Marx’s Definition of “Commodity” “What has ‘consumption’ brought?”—If you were to let modern people discuss this topic, especially if you handed it to Chinese youth—the most enthusiastic group about the “market economy” in today’s world[①]—their general line of thought would probably be: consumption promotes exchange, exchange promotes production, production in turn promotes consumption, and so on; in short, consumption will ultimately bring “abundance”—the abundance of wealth, the abundance of life, and so forth. Thus we often hear slogans such as “stimulate consumption” and “boost domestic demand.” In any case, consumption is always a good thing; surplus generates consumption, consumption creates prosperity… This…