Thursday, April 23, 2009

Meta-what?

Can anyone give me idea what exactly a meta-commodity means, so that I can understand the following sentence?
We should remember that food constitutes a meta-commodity that cannot be treated merely according to economic calculations.
Does it mean a sacred stuff, like amulet or keris --the Javanese dagger? But even we can calculate the economic value, the market price, of keris, no?

1 comment:

  1. Meta-commodity : a commodity formed by, or about, other commodities ?

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