The Invisible Handcuffs of Capitalism : How Market Tyranny Stifles the Economy by Stunting Workers /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perelman, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Arbeitsmarkt
Kapitalismus
Arbeitsbedingungen
Arbeit
Work.
Labor.
Capitalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
labor.
Travail.
Work
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The anti-worker theology of markets
  • Disciplining workers in the procrustean bed
  • How economics marginalized workers
  • Everyday life in a Procrustean world
  • International Procrusteanism
  • Adam Smith's historical vision
  • The dark side of Adam Smith
  • Keeping score
  • The destructive nature of Procrusteanism
  • Where do we go from here?

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