Cannibalization of Workers In England: Work is No Road Out of Poverty

Most people who argue for capitalism imagine the unemployed as poor because they are not working. Implied in this is that if you are working you are not poor. This article shows that in England 60% of the poor are members of working families. The capitalist system will not allow for the reforms advocated here. However, we think the statistics are important.

Read in The Guardian

About Bruce Lerro

Bruce Lerro has taught for 25 years as an adjunct college professor of psychology at Golden Gate University, Dominican University and Diablo Valley College. He has applied a Vygotskian socio-historical perspective to his four books: From Earth-Spirits to Sky-Gods: the Socio-ecological Origins of Monotheism, Individualism and Hyper-Abstract Reasoning Power in Eden: The Emergence of Gender Hierarchies in the Ancient World Co-Authored with Christopher Chase-Dunn Social Change: Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present and Lucifer's Labyrinth: Individualism, Hyper-Abstract Thinking and the Process of Becoming Civilized He is also a representational artist specializing in pen-and-ink drawings. Bruce is a libertarian communist and lives in Olympia WA.

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