MMW 14 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cronyism, John Stuart Mill, New Lanark

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 14
• Professor: Edmond Chang

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Walter scott: the country in mined beneath our feet . The population explosion led to a bunch of unemployed people. Child labor contributed to the unemployment crisis. Children were comparatively docile and easy to exploit. Since machines can handle the bulk of the work, there isn"t a lot of strength or skill in working anymore. He said that the children would enjoy factory work and it would basically turn into a playground. Alleviate tension by doing work grown ups consider undignified or. He said that children were naturally charitable and unconcerned with money and that they naturally loved to be dirty, so they would willingly take it up. Robert owen (1771-1858) and villages of cooperation . Success of new lanark in the early 1800s. Used water power and not coal so the air was clean. Provided nice little houses for all his workers on the lands of the factories.