commodity capital, n.Definitions

Commodity capital (n.) under ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠capitalism includes pig-iron and Brussels lace, sulphuric acid and cigars, all of them capital from birth, and sorting which goods are fit for the rank of capital is a charming vexation of scholastic economics.

Commodity capital (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠always already there — the starting point, the point of transit and the conclusion — a permanent condition of reproduction: every capital's inputs are some other capital's unsold goods.