Essays on Labor

Karl Marx and the Capitalist Mode of Production Karl Marx provided very succinct and undeniable evidence and arguments about the capitalist mode of production whose roots are ingrained in the ideologies of political economy. He notes that despite the political economy failing to adequately and confidently convince nor define the capitalist...

In the volume "The division of labor in the society," Durkheim recognizes that the concept of work division if common across all communities in the world. The main aim of the author in writing this book is to identify why division of labor is universal. Durkheim notices that as a community...

Sweatshops in most developing countries are the most viable sources of income considering the standards of living and the unemployment rates. However, it has been discovered that most of these shops expose the workers to poor working conditions and other exploitations which need to be worked on. According to a...

Stephan Resnick and Richard Wolff, "The Economic Crisis: A Marxian Interpretation. This research paper frames the discussion about capitalist crisis in the United States around the matters of exploited workers, wealth distribution, the injustices arising from the issues and the consequences they have on the economic system. Resnick and Wolff...

In the article “Blue Collar Brilliance,” Mike Rose comprehensively elaborates the relationship between intelligence, work, and social class. The author starts the article by offering real-life examples of close family individuals who were involved in blue-collar jobs. Rose further presents his arguments logically by supporting them with examples. Notably, the...

The author explores autonomous car on its benefits, impact, cost and transportation planning issues in the future.  The author explores the development of the self-driving cars and their adoption in the society as a result of technology advancement.  The author also highlights the benefits, challenges as well as their impact...

Capitalism is a system of the economy in which the entire trading and associated business activities of a particular country are majorly controlled by the private sector at the expense of the peoples’ time and labor that is of the essence towards industries. The system is different from other economic...

Robert Henderson’s realization that one person could not fulfill General Electric’s goal came at the best moment when he was tasked with opening a new factory in Durham. It is true that the company’s investment of $1.5billion was quite a huge sum of money to lose putting in mind that...

Edward G. Lengel, First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His – and the Nation’s – Prosperity. Boston: Da Capo Press, 2016. Vii + 280 pp. $26 (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-306-82347-3. Bibliographical Information: Edward "Ed" G. Lengel is an American writer and a Military Historian who was born by the year 1968, August...

In 2015, Volkswagen shocked the globe with the with its response, admitting to having violated the Clean Air Act concerning "clean diesel". A scandal that the US-based Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) equate being similar to the Watergate scandal which forced the President of the US, Richard Nixon to resign back...

Arbitration is a system of dispute resolution whereby warring parties voluntarily agree to refer the dispute to an impartial third party for resolution. Both parties agree in advance that the arbitrator’s decision is final and binding. The arbitrator’s determination is based on the examination of evidence and arguments forwarded by...

Organized labor has greatly influenced employer-employee relations in America. During the labor unions’ height of popularity in the 1950s, they represented about a third of the country’s workforce. However, since then organized labor has decline sharply. This change is attributable to three key factors. Firstly, blue collar jobs have declined...