SOSC 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Keynesian Economics, Glass Ceiling, John Maynard Keynes

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Social science 1000 b: fall 2013 study questions. Many of his works including his exploration of the nature of the human condition were based on his interest in political philosophy. Believed that people would compete against each other in a state of nature unless they subject themselves to a common power. Made a lot of contributions to a social science and to philosophy. Making dehumanized workforce, reduction in wages and working conditions. Those people who have jobs usually have to work in bad conditions for very low wages, they are called immiserized. We see immiseration in westray story where workers experienced bad and unsafe working conditions. Marx thought such reduction in wages are required by the nature or capitalist production. Group of common ideas, values and beliefs shared by majority of the people in a society. Important for society because it defines how most of the people view the world in which they live.