Agriculture, the service economy, sexual exploitation, manufacturing, construction and domestic work drive today's enslavement around the world.
Covid-19 pandemic
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How the Pandemic Exposed Faultlines In Capitalism and Failures of Gig Economy
With income streams dissolved due to the crisis, many gig workers are struggling to make ends meet – revealing the core failure of neoliberal capitalism during the pandemic.
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Capitalism’s “Dirty Little Secret”: The Threat of Rising Debt During Coronavirus
The economic damage caused by the virus is sure to grow, and as we saw with the 2008 financial crash, forcing people into debt can have catastrophic consequences.
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Pakistan To Hire Pandemic's Unemployed to Plant 10 Billion Trees
The ambitious initiative will translate into an immediate source of income for about 150,000 people left jobless by the pandemic, as it helps reforest Pakistan's drought-plagued countryside.
