Labor rights

The use-value duality and concrete labor is correspondent to simple circulation. In simple circulation everyone is simultaneously the buyer and the seller. The first person starts out with a commodity and uses money to exchange, in order to obtain another commodity for it 's specific use…

Karl Marx is one figure held central to economic theory and practise, born in 1818, his two most popular books, The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital. (The History Guide. 2008) Marxism more recently is the term attributed to Karl Marx, it can be visually observed to compose the substratum of communism. David Ricardo another central figure in economic theory, born much before Marx in 1772, he was an adherent of Adam Smith’s work, his key theory, the labour theory of value developed in the 19th…

Australian election and vote system welcome various opinions and most Australian people are allowed to access to Australian politics by voting. In different level, Australian people are also allowed to express freely that right is called as freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Another Western idea, cosmopolitanism, also exist in Australian politics, because Australia offers aid to poorer countries beyond borders. Within Australian society, population, food, and environment…

include deforestation, the fight for women’s rights, the continuation of child labor, and the unsanitary findings found within the meatpacking industry. Earlier this year, my Aunt Bessie generously awarded me one million dollars to spend on three different progressive reform groups of my choice. After deep thought and careful consideration, I have decided to divide the money between three progressive reform groups: women’s suffrage, the fight against child labor, and food safety. Furthermore,…

In the mid 1900 there was a lot going on with organized labor in the country. Two wars and a changing economy made for new working conditions and new things to consider when it came to the workplace. After World War one there was a switch from agricultural to industrialized work and with industrialized work came dangerous working conditions. This fueled a lot of workers to want to turn to organized labor so that they felt they had a voice. Alone one worker was essentially powerless against the…

Introduction In 1966 the Beatles released their ‘Revolver’ album with the hit song of ‘Taxman’. Within the context of the song George Harrison articulated the excessive and unfair nature of taxation with “...If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street, If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat, If you get too cold, I’ll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet...” This song was written with the intention of protesting the excessive taxation by the United Kingdom’s Wilson government, which…

The question of whether or not the free market is immoral begs the question of whether a system of trade can have morals in the first place. Capitalism, or the free-market, cannot be inherently immoral, but people do have the freedom to engage in immoral behavior within the free-market system if they so choose. Another way of asking whether or not the free-market is immoral is to ask how participation in the free-market both supports and corrodes our sense of morality. Capitalism, as an…

PAC also faces two possible substantial court cases involving sexual harassment of an employee an unfair labor practices from a fired employee. The sexual harassment law suit stems from an employees who claims she reported two incidents to PAC HR but no actions were taken. Previous incident along with the two possible court case has spurred unionizing among…

was not viable. I needed to go back to work as soon as possible. The second career I picked was Chemist. I love chemistry. Since I was in middle school, I loved Chemistry. However, I found out in the Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics website that the job outlook for the next 10 years was only 4.9%. Since I was looking to be employed and remain employed, that definitely was not the path that I needed to follow. The third career that I selected was Forensic…

Division of Labor and the Role of Money in Exchange In their works, Adam Smith and Karl Marx prove to have differing opinions on money and the division of labor. Although they understand money as a representation of value and as a medium of exchange, they arrive at different conclusions about the role of money in social life. Smith sees the division of labor as a constructive system and a means of furthering exchange, leading to the use of money. Marx, on the other hand, finds labor to turn…