The invisible handcuffs of capitalism [[electronic resource] ] : how market tyranny stifles the economy by stunting workers / / by Michael Perelman
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Perelman Michael
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| Titolo: |
The invisible handcuffs of capitalism [[electronic resource] ] : how market tyranny stifles the economy by stunting workers / / by Michael Perelman
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Monthly Review Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.122 |
| Soggetto topico: | Labor |
| Work | |
| Capitalism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Setting the Stage""; ""1. The Anti-Worker Theology of Markets""; ""2. Disciplining Workers in the Procrustean Bed""; ""3. How Economics Marginalized Workers""; ""4. Everyday Life in a Procrustean World""; ""5. International Procrusteanism""; ""6. Adam Smith�s Historical Vision""; ""7. The Dark Side of Adam Smith""; ""8. Keeping Score""; ""9. The Destructive Nature of Procrusteanism""; ""10. Where Do We Go from Here""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M"" |
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| Sommario/riassunto: | Mainstream, or more formally, neoclassical, economics claims to be a science. But as Michael Perelman makes clear in his latest book, nothing could be further from the truth. While a science must be rooted in material reality, 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The invisible handcuffs of capitalism |
| ISBN: | 1-58367-263-X |
| 1-58367-262-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910781455203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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