The Art of Rent: Globalisation, Monopoly and the Commodification of Culture

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Creating ‘value’ beyond the point of production: branding, financialization and market capitalization (2010, background): “…standardized quality is elaborated to enhance the symbolic appeal of products or services as distinctive (e.g. ‘sexy’, ‘cool’)— that is, exploring and amplifying the possibilities presented by what Marx terms the ‘metaphysical subtleties and ‘theological niceties’ of commodities (see Harvey, 2001).”