From: Belmont-AT-pseud.pseud
Subject: M-INTRO: A pair of shoes
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 19:34:34 +0000


One of the homework questions is compare a real life situation similar to "a
pair of shoes is a pair of shoes." This is based on Marx's 20 yards of linen
statement.  In real life any commodity is exactly that commodity, unless it can
be traded or exchanged for a different commodity. If you have 20 yards of linen
it can only be used as 20 yards of linen, but if someone is willing to give you
a steak dinner for that 20 yards of linen would it be fair to say "20 yards of
linen is a steak dinner."  This was probably a much more valid argument in the
barter system, but the same principles are still in affect today.

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