Exploitation

Exploitation deals with the difference between the wealth that workers create from their labor and the actual wages that they get paid. Through exploitation, some people grow more wealthy and more powerful than others. The working group that is subject to lower class are powerless towards the upper class; however, the upper class are ultimately dependent on those workers since they are the source of their profit. Chacon’s work, “No one Is Illegal”, focuses on the “The rise of an industrial…

In the U.S., 50 million people depend on the Medicare program for their health needs, and the taxpayers bear the burden of $600 billion per year to fund the program. Therefore, the program’s administration is compelled to curtail Medicare related fraud, abuse and wastage of resources that add up to about $58 billion annually – or approximately 10 percent of the budget. For the last two decades, Medicare fraud has infested the program like an incurable cancer with over $1 trillion compromised.…

reduced to what is barely enough to enable him to bring up a family, or to continue the race of laborers.”. This negative view on workers and the role they play in society shows how unsustainable a capitalistic economy is. Another negative is the exploitation of workers, especially children. Capitalism does not give any protection to workers, and does not even condemn the beating of them. The workers are the driving force in the manufacturing business, and their oppression will eventually…

inevitably involves the exploitation of workers for increased profit (Marx in Robinson 2004: 3), many of these women are then trafficked into the profit-rich sex industry, currently the third most profitable illegal industry in the world (Aulette et al 2009: 100). Importantly, increasing rates of inequality and extreme poverty in developing nations has been attributed to the processes of globalisation, and these processes are seen to contribute to the rise in sexual exploitation (Acker 2004:…

anti-capitalistic reform, as outlined in the “Reparations” section of AVBL that would not only systematically invest in Black communities, but address communities that suffer from the criminalization of poverty; The section calls for “continued divestment from exploitation of our communities” and most importantly, the systematic, cultural, educational, and economic reparations…

In this paper, I present Jan Narvesonʻs argument that no one should be morally required to assist those who are impoverished or starving. I will then object to this statement by arguing that those who are financially secure who are able to maintain comfortable lifestyles are morally obligated to distribute a portion of their wealth or excess food and supplies to those in need. My objection consists of two main arguments, the first being that those who are financially secure may be responsible…

worker in exchange for his services which the capitalists make money off of. On paper, this might seem like an equally valuable exchange for both the worker and the capitalist, but in practice, it is anything but equal. Socialist criticisms state an exploitation of workers take place instead of the expected equal trade. The value of the work and services provided by the workers is greater than the amount of compensation they receive from the…

the way they perceive labor value. Smith’s theory has a clear argument on capital accumulation such as his explanation for unproductive/productive labor in comparison to Marx. Marx’s explanation of productive labor, critique of abstinence theory, exploitation, and the so-called labor fund is less effective. Adam Smith was considered to be the father of economics. He was a professor at the University of Glasgow. He was the author of a book, The Wealth of Nations, which made him a better-known…

In the essay “The Noble Feat of Nike” by Johan Norberg speaks about how the shoe company “Nike” effected Vietnam. It describes how the Nike factories use poor countries like Vietnam to gain maximum profit by paying poor wage to workers in return. In addition, they provided workers air conditioned buildings, meal plan opportunities, and insurance in case of any health problems. Norberg argues about how the company Nike isn’t exploiting the worker in Vietnam. In fact, he interviewed workers in the…

Charles Johnson’s compendium of the “[lives] of the [h]ighwaymen” includes a text about a clever seventeenth-century confidence trickster named Mary Carleton (Johnson 221). The biography of Mary Carleton reveals her ability to exploit human emotions and tendencies for personal gain and highlights her proficiency at creating new façades and employing different tactics in order to successfully manipulate others in a wide range of scenarios, unlike other fraudsters. Mary resorted to continuously…