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THE THEORY OF EXPLOITATION AS THE UNEQUAL EXCHANGE OF LABOUR [PDF]

open access: yesEconomics and Philosophy, 2018
Abstract:This paper explores the foundations of the theory of exploitation as the unequal exchange of labour (UEL). The key intuitions behind all of the main approaches to UEL exploitation are explicitly analysed as a series of formal axioms in a general economic environment. Then, a single domain condition calledLabour Exploitationis formulated, which
Veneziani, Roberto, Yoshihara, Naoki
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Exploitation of Labor or Exploitation of Commodities?

open access: yesReview of Radical Political Economics, 2023
Attempts to use commodities to construct theories of value and use such value theory to claim that, in capitalism, commodities can be exploited, just like labor is, rest on two conceptual flaws: (a) failure to distinguish between labor and labor power and (b) failure to distinguish labor power and other commodities.
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Modern Slavery Made in Italy—Causes and Consequences of Labour Exploitation in the Italian Agricultural Sector

open access: yesJournal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021
Through this paper, the author emphasises the importance of the role that migrant women and men play in the Italian agricultural sector, and the need to better protect them from forms of labour exploitation.
Ruggero Scaturro
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The Invisibility of Labour Trafficking in Spain. A Critical Analysis of Cases and Policies

open access: yesRevista Española de Investigación Criminológica, 2020
One of the most remarkable challenges concerning global migration policies nowadays has to do with impeding the trafficking of migrant workers for the purposes of labour exploitation.
Silvia Rodríguez López
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The fight against the least visible form of human trafficking: trafficking for labour exploitation

open access: yesDebater a Europa, 2018
The least visible of human trafficking is the one that is carried out for labour exploitation purposes. The aim here is to focus on two different needs: first, finding an accurate definition of forced labour, that encompass controversial questions, such ...
Luz María Puente Aba
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How Less Alienation Creates More Exploitation? Audience Labour on Social Network Sites.

open access: yestripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 2012
: The notion of audience labour has been an important contribution to Marxist political economy of the media. It revised the traditional political economy analysis, which focused on media ownership, by suggesting that media was also a site of production,
Eran Fisher
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“I had tears in my eyes but I just left without looking back”. A qualitative study of migration-related stressors amongst Nepali male labour migrants

open access: yesJournal of Migration and Health, 2021
Labour migration has become a crucial livelihood strategy in settings where employment options are limited. Such opportunities come with potential benefits but also introduce stressors.
Joelle Mak   +2 more
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Mission Impossible? A Review of Kylie Jarrett’s Book "Digital Labor"

open access: yestripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 2022
This article reviews Kylie Jarrett’s new book Digital Labor (2022. Cambridge: Polity Press).  Jarrett develops a precise definition of digital labour to meet the objection that the term has been over-extended.
Peter Goodwin
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Toward a Political Economy of ‘Audience Labour’ in the Digital Era

open access: yestripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 2014
This article contributes to a political economic theory centred on the concept of “audience labour”. First, the previous use of the concept of audience labour is briefly traced and the process of rethinking the concept as the basis of a political ...
Brice Nixon
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Labouring in the Sex Industry: A Conversation with Sex Workers on Consent and Exploitation

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2021
Sex work in all its forms is an occupation that belongs to the service industry, and like any other work, sexual labour is open to exploitation. However, the reason why sex work is seen to be different from other forms of labour is that it betrays the ...
Francine Tremblay
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