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Marx’s Theory and High-Tech Work
by Shinsaku Hayashida In this short post, I focus on the Marxian theory on machine in capitalism and attempt to re-evaluate it in the high-tech work situation. The industrial revolution in which the...
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High-tech jobs working conditions: progress toward a brighter future ?
by Anna Dreveau As high-tech jobs are currently making up to 5.2% of the job market in the United States, their futuristic creative aura has stolen the spotlight from its reality. Sure, high-tech jobs...
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How to Solve the Problem of the Working Poor in Japan
by Megumi Takase Under capitalist society, the poor can’t earn enough money to make a living while the rich own the large portion of the total wealth of their home countries. It is also true for Japan....
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KFC and Christmas cake – Christmas in Japan
by Michelle Liebheit It is December and like every year this means that Christmas is coming soon. The city is more crowded than usual, packed with people looking for presents. The shops downtown are...
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Declining Unionization in the Age of Economic Globalization
by Jeawon Moon The liberal economist Friedrich Hayek claimed that ‘the effect of union activities to influence pricing is potentially very harmful, making the market system ineffective. For the...
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Skin whiteners and beauty: the impact of global markets
by Jiyang Shin Skin bleaching has become such a steady market across the globe that without even trying, one may end up purchasing a skin product that contains substances that make your skin tone...
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Skin Whitening as Social Uplifting and Achieving the Ideal “beauty”
by Moe Miura There are many skin-whitening products in global markets today. One can easily purchase skin-whitening products even without knowing it, because whitening one’s skin tone is already a big...
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Transnational migration of people and capital
by Curran Cunningham This first blog is intended to set the parameters for my forthcoming analysis of International Migration. As a keen reader on economic matters, my focus will be primarily on the...
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Whiteness vs. Lightness: Advertising Happiness
by Chelsea Mochizuki In “Consuming Lightness”, Evelyn Nakano Glenn describes research that suggests there is a correlation between light skin and socioeconomic status, and that lighter-skinned...
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Why Everyone Can’t Be Equal
Anonymous student post Companies that outsource work abroad allow people in the lower classes from more affluent countries to live beyond their means. Such as a middle class family that chooses to...
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Being privileged
by Tommy Pass I saw an interesting article on a website called buzzfeed.com. It told of an exercise lead by a high school teacher to his students. He instructs his students to crumple up a piece of...
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The Rise of the Precariat
Anonymous student post Nowadays in the era of globalization companies are under more and more pressure to be as nimble and flexible as possible in order to be able to outmaneuver the competition. Thus...
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