More work for your labor-value - The Wobbly World of Miftah's Words

Less rice for your labor-value - The Wobbly World of Miftah's Words

...and more exploitation for your location!

The solution to (nearly) everything: working less | Rutger Bregman

Excessive work and pressure are status symbols. But overtime is deadly. If we worked less we’d make fewer errors, address inequality and have a better life

Trickle-down workaholism in startups

“And then I said anyone not willing to break their backs working for me was a tourist!”If you want to understand why so many startups become infected with unhealthy work habits, or outright workaho…

CMV: The labor theory of value is flawed

72 votes, 407 comments. This might be an obscure topic, however, in some—largely Marxist circles— the approach seems to motivate much of the dialogue…

It's the 21st century – why are we working so much? | Owen Hatherley

Owen Hatherley: The right calls for hard work, the left for more jobs. The dream of mechanisation leading to shorter working hours seems forgotten

Distinguishing Labor from Work - Aaron Ross Powell

We should get rid of the former, if we can, but we should absolutely keep the latter.

Distinguishing Labor from Work · Aaron Ross Powell

We should get rid of the former, if we can, but we should absolutely keep the latter.

Invisible Exploitation: How Capital Extracts Value Beyond Wage Labor - Monthly Review

Eva Swidler is an environmental political economist and social historian. She teaches at Goddard College and the Curtis Institute of Music. The Marxist analysis of work under capitalism has long... READ MORE

Workers' power – Victorian Socialists

Everyone deserves well paid, secure work. We’re fighting for the right to strike, a $35 minimum wage on government-funded work, and an end to wage theft.

Work less, get more: New Zealand firm's four-day week an 'unmitigated success'

Reduced hours for same pay increased successful work-life balance management, cutting stress levels and boosting commitment