Timeline for Distinctions between "Goods" and "Commodities"
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| Jul 5, 2011 at 19:53 | vote | accept | Tim | ||
| Jul 4, 2011 at 22:58 | comment | added | Marcin | @Robusto: I'm sorry, but I just don't accept that that reflects the dominant usage in current writing. | |
| Jul 4, 2011 at 22:43 | comment | added | bracho monacho | I'd give you a +2 if I could, for incorporating the word squishy into your answer. That's a brilliant word. | |
| Jul 4, 2011 at 22:39 | comment | added | Robusto | @Marcin: Yes it is. An article of commerce is something that can be bought or sold. | |
| Jul 4, 2011 at 21:05 | comment | added | Marcin | A commodity is not "simply something which can be bought and sold". It almost always refers to goods which are not differentiated from each other. | |
| Jul 4, 2011 at 21:04 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | I agree. A central quality of goods is that they are physical objects (so they definitely don't include services). A central quality of commodities is that they can be traded (so they don't include human rights, in an ideal world). I think there are no goods which are not also commodities, but plenty of commodities which are not goods. | |
| Jul 4, 2011 at 20:32 | history | answered | Robusto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |