Sociology and economics quiz 1 review
In the time since Smith, Simmel, Marx, and Weber wrote about capitalism:
World poverty has not been eliminated through the division of labor
New forms of exchange have emerged that are even more abstract
than money
Capitalist-fueled development has arguably sacrificed the health of
the planet for a dramatic improvement in the quality of life (esp. in
advanced industrial and postindustrial economies)
In the US, we don’t directly manufacture as many goods anymore;
instead our economy is dominated by services
We’re seeing the rise of all sorts of work arrangements which do not
include the factory, and yet workers with no boss feel beholden to an
abstract taskmaster of sorts and torn between the dual commitments
of unpaid home labor and making a living in the formal world of
work
The
agricultural revolution
(~1700) which increased output, allowed for
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- Sociology, Marxism, Poverty, Karl Marx, unpaid home labor
