Objects and Values of Labor in Socialist Hungary

Feb
20
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Event Status
As Scheduled
Presenter
Martha Lampland
Income inequality and what to do about it is a hot button political issue throughout our world. Much this disparity is the result of how the value of labor is calculated. How much is a worker's labor worth? How is it measured? Namely, how is it commodified? This live interview with Martha Lampland will discuss these questions from an unlikely place--socialist Hungary--to shed light on how economists in a society without a labor market nonetheless determined the value of labor and what this says about socialism and capitalism. This event is part of the Socialism: Past, Present, and Future Pop-Up Course.
Location
4130 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Event Type
Lecture
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