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Re: hamburgers & jobs

Why not see a satellite as an input (tangible) and the service as an
output (intangible)?

anthony

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On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Doug Henwood wrote:

Jim Devine wrote:

 > In short, the distinction between products & services is very iffy.

I don't see that as "iffy." He's saying that labor ("labor services")
goes into producing TVs. But the TV is a good (as usually defined, not
in some moral sense). Just because it's made using services doesn't
make it "partly a service." It's still tangible.


What about a communications satellite? It's a good, but its use is
typically sold as a service.

Doug


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