Modern Slavery Book Report

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There are times in life when you live, read or even witness something that it stays forever in your mind. This is what happened to me when I read the book Modern Slaves by David Duster. The book is about how slavery is still present in our world in the twenty first century. However, Duster is not talking about the metal chains or physical tortures. He is referring to human trafficking, economic globalization, capitalism and its forms of slavery. The one appealing to me the most and that should be getting more attention is how the capitalism has brought new forms to subdue men. I am talking about the competition that most of the time benefits the customer, but hurts the working class. One of the goals for every company is to decrease their costs

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