SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Shoshana Zuboff, Harry Braverman, Deskilling
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Computerization of the office began in the early 1980s. Shoshana zuboff: visited such offices and asked the office workers to draw pictures displayed frowns because the office became a mobile and unsociable. Bill gates: goods and services cheaper removing distribution costs of capitalism, more leisure time, more mobile and more creative. Economy- the institution that organizes the production, distribution and exchange of goods and services. Primary (agricultural): farming, fishing, logging, mining: 2. Secondary (manufacturing): raw materials are turned into finished goods: 3. Agricultural: 10,000 years ago most were nomadic; herding cattle, growing plants, settlements. 5000 years ago, invention of the plow productivity the amount of goods or services produced for every hour worked: 2. Industrial: 15th century exploration, trade, commerce growth of markets social relations that regulate the exchange of goods and services. In a market, the prices of goods and services are established by how plentiful they are (supply) and how much they are wanted (demand).
