Commodity

the risk of cancer (BC Blueberry Council 2018). The production of blueberries has a long history in Canada. Indigenous peoples of Eastern Canada used blueberries as a food and medicinal source (Robichaud 2006). The goal is to examine the blueberry commodity chain in a Canadian context. The paper will focus on the following topics: production and harvesting process, labour source, blueberry products and aspects of trade. Production Historically,…

In theory, the commodity market shocks the stock market through affecting the performance of listed companies and the plate linkage, while the stock market influences the commodity market by reflecting the macroeconomic expectations. At the same time, the cross-market flow of funds leads to a competitive and alternative relationship between the two markets. In this point of view, the relationship between the two markets exists uncertainty and complicacy. The impact of the commodity market on…

Regarding the influence of each society, the prevalence of capitalism also plays a major role in shaping rituals. Just as in Michael Taussig’s The Devil and Commodity Fetishism in South America, the Harijan caste is in a precapitalist state as the people still see essences of people in products, separate from capitalist societies like America in which products are viewed as lifeforms themselves. This is especially apparent in the practice of bringing rice to oracles, which is said to contain the…

Healthcare: a Commodity or Economic Good? C.S. Lewis warned, "you can't get second things by putting them first; you can only get second things by putting first things first."1 This quote summarizes America's harrowing healthcare crisis. In a prosperous country known for its democracy and wealth, an estimated forty-eight million Americans are uninsured. Forty-five thousand Americans die each year because they are not adequately insured; the American Journal of Medicine estimates that 62 %…

In the next chapter, Commodity, Emerson discusses how man uses nature to his own benefit. Emerson explains how man views nature as raw materials to be changed and manipulated into “valued” goods that can be sold for monetary gain. To express this view, Emerson applies imagery and similes in this chapter. One such quote is “To diminish friction, he paves the road with iron bars, and, mounting a coach with a ship-load of men, animals, and merchandise behind him, he darts through the country, from…

According to John Frow “the commodity form is a social relationship and a commodity is anything that is governed by it.” (Frow, 132) The history of capitalist mode of production is the history of commodity form as stated by Frow. He also clears the fact that “capital constantly seeks to force all use-values to submit to the commodity form and to convert simple commodity production to capitalist commodity wherever and whenever it can.” (Frow, 134), However, people tried to resist the extinction…

Introduced in the 1950’s, it was a commodity that brought families together creating a ‘ middle-class suburbia ideal’ (source). According to SOURCE, past studies have explored the social aspects of television and define the medium as a “technical construct- a machine that facilitates interactivity’…

In the article “College is not a commodity. Stop treating it like one” Hunter Rawlings points out that a college education is not a commodity such as a television or a car, but rather an awakening of a human being that students need to take an active role in order to receive its complete value. Throughout this article Rawlings gives several examples that although many believe that a college education is simply commodity that student purchase from colleges, it is actually much more than that.…

Opening one’s mind up can allow them to accept or try new experiences. Hunter Rawlings’ “College Is Not a Commodity. Stop Treating It Like One” explains how the importance of college has changed in recent years. In almost all cases nowadays, it is essential to have a college degree in order to get a good job. Colleges require the student to put forth the effort in order to obtain its true value. Rawlings’ explains how college is a two-way street, how the professors must inspire and create an…

Many exchanges occurred on the Silk Road, in it, included culture. The Silk Road did not only promote commodity exchange but also cultural. For example, Buddhism one of the religions of the Kushan kingdom, reached all the way to China. Together with merchant caravans, Buddhist monks went from India to Central Asia and China, preaching the new religion. The first onset of Christianity is connected with the activity of Nestorians. In the 13th century the Silk Road was the route for the new wave of…