Modern Family: Dignity
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Economics,
Modern Family,
income inequality,
labor law,
political economics,
living wage,
structural unemployment
Mitch works a big case for vulnerable workers
- from Modern Family (2014)
- Creator: Chris Lloyd and Steven Levitan
- Distributor: Google Play Store
- Posted by Jadrian
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Unemployment Concerns
by JadrianMitch is working on a big case about the rights of vulnerable workers. In it, he argues that a company is preying on the lack of options available to people who are homeless and hiring them for extremely low wages. He believes that this is a violation of labor laws and tries to get the notice of the press. However, Cam is stealing the spotlight as a successful high school football coach who is openly gay. Traditional economics holds that trades which are voluntary (such as employment) are mutually beneficial. As such, is the company truly taking advantage of its workers or do they benefit from the employment opportunity? Political economics suggests that you cannot ignore the power inequality between the company and the workers. When a large power imbalance is present, exploitation is possible. Which is more in line with Mitch's perspective? Traditional economics or political economics? Would the people who are homeless be helped by increasing the wage? How would that impact structural unemployment?
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