ISS 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Primitive Accumulation Of Capital, Ecofeminism, Environmental Justice
20 Sep 2016
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Markets are used to distribute pollution more efficiently Cap and trade, exporting solid waste, outsourcing dirty industry. Market-oriented distribution > less equitable exposure for different social/economic groups. Structure of the economy and power relations shape environmental problems and our perception of them. In political economy, environmental problems are a integral part of capitalist economy. Apply insights of karl marx capitalist economy prone to crisis. Labor sold on marker > accumulation of capital > capital over- concentrated > financial and/or ecological crisis. Labor: alteration of the natural world by human action. Commodity: a thing that can be bought or sold. Means of production: instruments of labor required to produce commodities. Conditions of production: materials and resources required to produce commodities. E. g. , health workers, water quality, iron, wood, space. capitalists = those who own the machinery and materials, hire laborers, and sell commodity. Keep a share of the sale (surplus value) as profit. Value of commodity minus costs of labor and production.
