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"A commodity is basically saying that every unit (e.g. a programmer) is the same, in the same way that every piece of rice is the same or every steel worker is
by turkishrevenge 18y ago
"A commodity is basically saying that every unit (e.g. a programmer) is the same, in the same way that every piece of rice is the same or every steel worker is the same."
So what about, say a car. Some cars are affordable, some extremely expensive. They are all still commodities. Why then is there such a price disparity? Some cars are more complex, and thus require a greater degree of skill during construction. Others may be composed of exotic or rare materials, which take more manpower and a larger amount of capital to produce than a cheaper material.
The same applies to IT. Some jobs in IT are relatively simple, such as a Help desk attendant, while others are more demanding in terms of knowledge and application. Each worker, though is paid in proportion to the degree of skill he/she exhibits.
Your skill and ability to work for a wage, although unique to living individuals, is still a commodity, regardless of whether you want to consider it as such.
- fharper1961 18y agoSee below definitions of commodity from http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commodity http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commodity None of them correspond with turkishrevenge's idea of what the word means. - Anything movable (a good) that is bought and sold. - Something useful or valuable. Example: "It really makes me sad that football club chairmen and boards seem to have lost that most precious commodity - patience. "Sam's sacking at Newcastle had, I suppose, been on the cards for a while, but it is really ridiculous to fire a manager after such a short time. Somerset County Gazette on Jan. 14th, 2008. (economics) Raw materials, agricultural products and other primary products as objects of large scale trading in specialized exchanges. (marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin, as distinguished from branded products.
- turkishrevenge 18y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_theory_of_value http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_theory_of_value http://www.halfsigma.com/2006/11/labor_and_commo.html http://www.halfsigma.com/2006/11/labor_and_commo.html
- omouse 18y agoHow about you guys use a made-up word like "awdha" and agree upon a definition for it instead of using the loaded word "commodity".
- olefoo 18y ago"Each worker, though is paid in proportion to the degree of skill he/she exhibits." This is not necessarily the case, I have known plenty of very skilled people who were not paid as much as their coworkers who were less technically able but more politically adept.