tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179708735520151974.post2229034847100469538..comments2022-11-21T09:53:47.898-05:00Comments on Blogging through global societies: Commentary 1Piotr Koniecznyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17176515435484290423noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179708735520151974.post-55441521842284114932009-09-12T18:38:02.979-04:002009-09-12T18:38:02.979-04:00Your comparison between the speed and supposed lac...Your comparison between the speed and supposed lack or care in today's trading society and the slower pace and supposed higher quality of today's global trade system is quite interesting. You reasoned that because the trade system took longer, as goods were slowly shipped across oceans or trails that the goods were of a higher caliber and therefore were appreciated to a higher extent. However, in both the trade environment of today and of the thirteenth century, money was made through the amount of goods sold. Who is to say that even then, goods where not also manufactured with the cheapest materials possible, and a quickly as possible, to guarantee the highest amount of profit yielded? The market has not changed as much as one would think, even as out methods of trade and consumption have.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649523008670032191noreply@blogger.com