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To be a commodity, to therefore have an exchange value in addition to a use value, is not a “natural” property of things, but rather a “social” one: only in societies where things are exchanged do they possess an exchange value, only then are they commodities.
An Introduction to the Three Volumes of Karl Marx's Capital
Michael Heinrich
In particular, touch’s unique quality of reversibility, that is, the fact of being touched by what we touch, puts the question of reciprocity at the heart of thinking and living with care.
Matters of Care
María Puig de la Bellacasa
The low demand for labor in the wider economy finds its true source in the slackening pace of overall economic growth, associated with the running down of the manufacturing growth engine and the failure to find an alternative to it.
Automation and the Future of Work
Aaron Benanav
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