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On Coerced Labor and Work Without Employment

Apr 3 2023
Episode 1577

 

Erin Hatton

On Coerced Labor and Work Without Employment

Sociologist Erin Hatton explores the nature of coerced labor in America - as prisons, welfare programs and universities push workers outside the protection of traditional legal employment, employers wield increasing power to exploit and punish subjects with little protection and less bargaining power.