diff --git a/concepts/ficticious-commodity.md b/concepts/ficticious-commodity.md index 05fb43d..2ebf0aa 100644 --- a/concepts/ficticious-commodity.md +++ b/concepts/ficticious-commodity.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ # Fictitious commodities -A *fictitious commodity* or *pseudo-commodity* is a product is traded like a commodity but has no [use value](use-value.md) and its demand curve is not generated by any external economic processes. It is a [non-economic](non-economic.md) product which is generated either through [enclosure](enclosure.md), [artificial demand](artificial-demand.md) or as part of a [greater fool](greater-fool-theory.md) scheme or bubble. +A *fictitious commodity* or *pseudo-commodity* is a product that is traded like a commodity but has no [use value](use-value.md) and whose demand curve is not generated by any external economic processes. It is a [non-economic](non-economic.md) product which is generated either through [enclosure](enclosure.md), [artificial demand](artificial-demand.md) or as part of a [greater fool](greater-fool-theory.md) scheme or bubble. -Structurally similar to a [financial asset](financial-asset.md), but unlike a financial asset it renders no contractual claims on [income cashflows](income-cashflows.md) and thus has zero [fundamental value](fundamental-value.md). +Structurally it is similar to a [financial asset](financial-asset.md), but unlike a financial asset it renders no contractual claims on [income cashflows](income-cashflows.md) and thus has zero [fundamental value](fundamental-value.md). Examples of fictitious commodities include: