SOAN 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Alienation, Proletariat, Profit Motive
1 Apr 2014
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Didn"t agree with all the political and economic ideas she was learning about. Looked at the productivity of a village, at men vs women"s time use throughout the day. Food preparation took them the longest due partially in part by the inefficiency of their methods (stove) If you"re invisible as a producer then you will be invisible in the distribution: nuclear weapons in new zealand, simply harboured the (war)ships of the usa. Left politics to focus on research about global economics: deaths and destruction is not counted as a deficit, just as peace and protection of natural resource are not valued since they are not cash/money producing. War contributes to growth and development (military expenditure thousand; education expenditure : female sexual slavery includes very young girls, most females have hiv. Girls as young as 8 must learn to care for their younger siblings so their mothers do anything in their power to provide for the family.
