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Anyone who cares about health, the environment, our food, dignity, and fairness should read At What Cost: Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health. It is truly a brave survey of a serious topic. In the United States, it takes courage to be critical of capitalism.
May 6, 2021 · Mounting evidence suggests that key features of 21st century capitalism add to the global burden of disease and to health inequities within and among nations. Corporate managed globalization spreads viruses, unhealthy products, and pollution across borders.
Jan 1, 2021 · Global capitalism affects the social determinants of health through multiple pathways. Article presents a novel conceptual framework to map effects and guide analyses. Framework emphasizes transnational economic, political, and cultural practices.
- Matthew B. Flynn
- 2021
Mar 28, 2022 · While Marx’s main focus in Capital Volume 1 is on the production of surplus value by workers and its appropriation by capitalists, he does provide insights into how capitalism ruins the health of workers themselves, although these insights are scattered. In this article, I systematically re-articulate and analyse Marx’s thoughts about ...
Dec 13, 2022 · As capitalists have turned health care into their rainy-day supply of growth, they have inadvertently summoned a new opposing political formation, one that goes by the ominous name “health...
- Malcolm Harris
- Contributor
Feb 23, 2021 · Despite headlines constantly blaring that our standard of living is ever increasing and our collective wealth is more abundant than ever, social stressors gnaw away at the foundations of our...
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Jul 16, 2018 · I believe that capitalism, specifically the dominance of companies in the food industry, is the main contributor to the rising rates of health problems such as obesity, heart disease and diabetes in America. Capitalism causes the growth of diet-related complications because of its advertising ploys, cheap prices, and easy accessibility of products.