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The invisible handcuffs of capitalism : how market tyranny stifles the economy by stunting workers /
Mainstream economics ignores or distorts the most fundamental aspect of this reality: that the vast majority of people must, out of necessity, labor on behalf of others, transformed into nothing but a means to the end of maximum profits for their employers. The nature of the work we do and the condi...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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New York :
Monthly Review Press,
©2011.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Mainstream economics ignores or distorts the most fundamental aspect of this reality: that the vast majority of people must, out of necessity, labor on behalf of others, transformed into nothing but a means to the end of maximum profits for their employers. The nature of the work we do and the conditions under which we do it profoundly shape our lives. And yet, both of these factors are peripheral to mainstream economics. By sweeping labor under the rug, mainstream economists hide the nature of capitalism, making it appear to be a system based upon equal exchange rather than exploitation inside every workplace. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (360 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781583672624 1583672621 |