The American Prospect
•75% Informative
In the hyper-capitalism that characterizes today ’s economy, more and more of human life is becoming commodified.
Author: In the past half-century , the tendency of capitalism to commodify everything has returned with a vengeance.
Intensified commodification has gone hand in hand with increased concentration.
Weaker unions and pressure for profit-maximization have destroyed that social compact, authors say.
Uber and Lyft displace public transit and have hyper-commodified conditions for drivers.
Social Security survives as the largest island of decommodification.
Public libraries are oases against people trying to sell you stuff, but the far right shut down libraries.
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