“Work as a metaphysical act, the very “act of being” must be distinguished from labor; work as a remunerative economic invention must be distinguished from subsistence.” WorkLaborWork EthicActWage SlaveryWage Slave Book:The Invention of Work Source: The Invention of Work
“Work, thence identified as consistent, indefinite and systematic remunerative labor, foists its demands upon the employee and not the employer.” WorkEmploymentWork EthicEmployeesWage SlaveryWage Labor Book:The Invention of Work Source: The Invention of Work
“While Europe appears to maintain more reticence embracing it, in America there is no question that work can only be discussed as a secular sacrament, with all the indignity one might expect from such a degrading genus. The Protestant qualifier to Protestant work ethic long ago dissipated, leaving the peculiarly American artifact of viewing one’s wages as a moral reward, one’s continuous employment as a state of grace and one’s retirement as an earthly paradise merited by one’s good works.” WorkRetirementWork EthicAmerican CultureWage SlaveryProtestant Work Ethic Book:The Invention of Work Source: The Invention of Work