. Anyone who has spent time defending a minimum-wage increase from the attacks of their local chamber of commerce knows how to debunk those allegations fairly easily by now.
." In the article, she identifies three pernicious neoliberal assumptions that rig the economy against Black Americans: the idea that a rising tide lifts all boats; that value equals price, and so we get paid what we're worth; and that the market is fundamentally rational. Again and again, workers are told that they are paid what they're worth — that the market accurately measures their value and establishes a fair price. Gamble says she could see this particular falsehood for what it was on her "first econ class in undergrad. It doesn't match with a lot of our lived experiences," she explains, "and yet it's so pervasive in how we talk about the state of the labor market.
To become a care worker, Gamble says, "some states require an occupational license, there's a high level of emotional intelligence, and hours of training." But because Black workers and women of color represent a large percentage of care workers the market incorrectly identifies the jobs as low-skill, low-pay positions.
Obviously, that didn't happen. The market isn't rational or irrational — it merely reflects the human preferences and systems that are already in place. Rather than eliminating racism through economic selection, the market "preferred" institutions and systems that upheld the status quo of white wealth.
paulconstant The disconnect between the stock market and the realities of the American worker has never been more obvious than now. Markets are speculative, trying to predict the future to position clients to be able make profits on investment opportunities. People's wellbeing not a factor.
paulconstant The cost of education is driven up through the collusion of businesses and schools. Costs of demanded degrees goes up and up, access to the programs that provide them become more exclusive.
paulconstant The educational mandates set forth by companies, a tool used to 'screen job candidates', in many cases, are put in place to isolate and disqualify groups of people on ethnic and social levels.
paulconstant Your pay should be reflective of the success and profitability of the company you work for...it isn't.
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