According to the standard account, capitalism—whatever your criticisms of it—is synonymous with freedom. Other systems, we are told, necessitate central planning by undemocratic bureaucracies. But what if that’s not true? Zephyr Teachout explains how capitalism puts us at the whims of employers, bosses, and huge corporations, despite its claims.
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“Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2018,” Federal Reserve, March 2019
See David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs (2001) and Barbara Ehrenreich, Nickel and Dimed (2001)
Sarah Krouse, “The New Ways Your Boss Is Spying on You,” Wall Street Journal (July 2019)
“No Relief: Denial of Bathroom Breaks in the Poultry Industry,” Oxfam America, May 2016
Elizabeth Anderson, Private Government (2017)
Zephyr Teachout, Break ‘Em Up (2020)
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