“The Workings of Capital: Perspectives on Exploitation in Law, Labor and Distribution”, por Bruno Lamas (Doutorando do Programa de Doutoramento em Sociologia Económica e das Organizações, SOCIUS/CSG-ISEG)

Description
Since Marx’s early theorization, exploitation has been identified as a defining feature of the capitalist mode of production. Exploitation sheds light on the causes of the unfair distribution of resources, opportunities, and wealth, the commodification of the labor market, as well as the plundering of natural resources. It has also the normative significance of both a moral wrongdoing and a structural aspect of an unjust system that calls for change, activism, and revolution once again. As inequalities soar, and the concentration of wealth lacerates the social fabric of traditional welfare state societies, the exploitative nature of late stage capitalism has drawn the attention of a new generation of political philosophers, both in the critical and in the analytical traditions.
How does capitalist exploitation take place through legal, distribution and productive means? How should we understand the conceptual and normative dimensions of exploitation, and what policies should be pursued to create a less exploitative form of production? The goal of the 12th edition is to answer this question by exploring the role exploitation plays within new forms of capitalist production.
The critique of capitalism is a recurrent theme of the School. In past editions we discussed alternatives to the existing capitalist regime such as property-owning democracy (2014) and democratic socialism (2018). We also questioned the legitimacy of free market capitalism and the role of corporations (2019).
Our aim in this edition is to elucidate the concept of exploitation, investigate its distributive implications for public policy, its impact on labor and the labor market, and the legal framework enabling exploitative processes.

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