Work Work Work: Labor, Alienation, and Class Struggle

by Michael D. Yates

Book Overview

A potent glimpse into the behind-the-scenes workplace control mechanisms which prevent workers from defending themselves from exploitation

For most economists, labor is simply a commodity, bought and sold in markets like any other - and what happens after that is not their concern. Individual prospective workers offer their services to individual employers, each acting solely out of self-interest and facing each other as equals. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583679650
• ISBN13: 9781583679654
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.2"