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Symposium Issue: "Who's Afraid Of Commodification?", Dena S. Davis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Unfortunately, a great deal of the talk about "commodification" has been clumsy and sloppy. The term has been used as a magic bullet, as if saying "But that's commodification!" is the same as having made an argument. In fact, commodification of human persons, human bodies, human labor, human relationships, is a complex matter.