This paper develops a novel axiomatic analysis of exploitation as the unequal exchange of labour, derives an empirical exploitation index at the individual level, and provides the first estimation of the distribution of exploitation in the US in 1975-2022. We show that, among possible...

This paper develops a novel axiomatic analysis of exploitation as the unequal exchange of labour, derives an empirical exploitation index at the individual level, and provides the first estimation of the distribution of exploitation in the US in 1975-2022. We show that, among possible...

Der Aufstieg der Tech-Konzerne an die Spitze der vernetzen Welt hat einen blutigen Preis. In Ländern wie Kenia oder Indien erledigen Menschen die Knochenarbeit hinter Sozialen Medien und Künstlicher Intelligenz. Sie fördern die Rohstoffe für unsere Geräte und leiden unter technisch...

"Is it true, as the World Bank claims, that Global Value Chains (GVCs) 'boost incomes, create better jobs, and reduce poverty'? In this hard-hitting book, Benjamin Selwyn, Christin Bernhold, and Dara Leyden show how the mainstream notion of GVCs obscures their capitalist character. To transcend...

In this compelling book, the authors show how the mainstream notion of global value chains obscures their capitalist character and introduce the alternative concept of capitalist value chains. These chains are premised upon the internationalized exploitation of labour, the destruction of nature,...

"This book brings together recent work on the topic of exploitation from philosophy, political science, and economics in one volume, organised around three main questions: what is exploitation?, why is exploitation wrong?, and what should we do about it? These questions are increasingly relevant...

À partir des années 1990, l'explosion de la production de biens électroniques, caractéristique du passage du capitalisme à son stade numérique, déclenche une guerre des métaux technologiques au Congo (RDC) qui n'a fait que gagner en intensité. Cette enquête fouillée montre que la...

The oil shock of 1973 changed everything. It brought the golden age of American and European economic growth to an end; it destabilized Middle Eastern politics; and it set in train processes that led to over one hundred million unexpected – and unwanted – immigrants.

"Continually recognized as one of the "hottest" of all the world's biodiversity hotspots, the island of Madagascar has become ground zero for the most intensive market-based conservation interventions on Earth. This book is about the roll out of market conservation programs, including finding...

"Phenomenal waste has surfaced as the social form and substance of value. In capital's totalizing process, which commodifies all that comes in its way, wasting classes consume the wasted classes. This book addresses the metamorphosis of value into waste and it focuses on wars as industries of...

Die verbesserte Landwirtschaft im Mittelalter, später die industrielle Revolution und heute die künstliche Intelligenz – im Laufe der Geschichte wurde der technologische Wandel stets als Haupttriebkraft für das Gemeinwohl angesehen. Doch die Fortschrittsgewinne fallen nur wenigen zu, und...

"Bad Blood meets Dreamland in this kaleidoscopic investigation into the shadowy and vampiric blood business and the dangerous limits of demand for the crucial resource that runs through our very veins. Every year, about twenty million Americans sell blood plasma for cash in a barely regulated...

"With an estimated 164 million workers globally, migrant workers are an essential component of contemporary workplaces. Despite their number and indispensability in the global economy, these workers suffer workplace violations that range from underpayment of wages, to unsafe work conditions...

Klappentext: Palmöl ist nicht nur Bestandteil zahlreicher Nahrungsmittel und Kosmetikprodukte; es spielt aufgrund seiner besonderen energetischen Merkmale auch eine bedeutende Rolle in der Produktion von vermeintlich nachhaltigen Biokraftstoffen. Umweltorganisationen und Wissenschaft verweisen...

Reciprocity and Dispossession: Processes of Transformation -- Monopoly and Competition: Contests over Indigenous Peoples’ Labour and Land -- Honour and Duplicity: Debts of Rivals, Dreams of an Aristocrat -- Servitude and Independence: The Settler Colonial “Experiment” Begins -- Menace and...

Traditionally, the ocean economy is viewed solely as a mechanism for economic growth. In this business-as-usual approach, large-scale industrial economies have developed the ocean economy through the exploitation of maritime and marine resources, often without consideration of how those...

"This cutting-edge book presents a broad picture of global capitalism and extractivism in contemporary Latin America. Leading scholars examine the cultural patterns involving gender, ethnicity, and class that lie behind protests in opposition to extractivist projects and the contrast in...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical and Historical Scaffolding -- 3. Beginnings -- 4. Entering and Leaving -- 5. Young Philosopher -- 6. Transition -- 7. Young Economist -- 8. Working in the Field -- 9. Conclusion -- Notes --...

"Thorstein Veblen's analysis of America's parasitic upper class, which plunders its wealth from productive workers, is widely attributed to his outsider status. But Charles Camic shows that Veblen's ideas did not derive from social marginality. Veblen was a professional economist whose fierce...