“Capitalism improves the quality of life for the working class not just because it leads to improved wages but also because it produces new, better, and cheaper goods.... Indeed, with capitalism, the emphasis shifted to producing goods as cheaply as possible for the masses--the working class--whereas artisans had previously produced their goods and wares mostly for the aristocracy. Under capitalism every business wants to cater to the masses, for that is where the money is.” WantQualityClassProduceMassCapitalismGoodsWorking ClassWagesEmphasisQuality Of LifeCheaperAristocracyArtisans Author:Thomas DiLorenzo
“I cannot always sympathize with that demand which we hear so frequently for cheap things. Things may be too cheap. They are too cheap when the man or woman who produces them upon the farm or the man or woman who produces them in the factory does not get out of them living wages with a margin for old age and for a dowry for the incidents that are to follow. I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth or shapes it into a garment will starve in the process.” MenWantMayDoeAgeProcessProduceHe ManShapesDemandPityOld AgeFarmsFactoriesCoatsWagesIncidentsMarginsGarmentsLiving WageDowryCheap Things Author:Benjamin Harrison
“A gardener who cultivates his own garden with his own hands, unites in his own person the three different characters, of landlord, farmer, and labourer. His produce, therefore, should pay him the rent of the first, the profit of the second, and the wages of the third.” ShouldFirstsPersonsDifferentCharacterHandsThreePayProduceCapitalismGardenThirdsProfitFarmersWagesGardenerDifferent CharactersLandlordLabourers Book:An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Source: An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
“Care work produces public goods, and should be supported in families by policies such as paid parental leave and caregiver tax credits, and by investments in good training and wages for caregiving, including early childhood education, in the market.” ShouldCareChildhoodPolicyProduceTaxesTrainingPaidInvestmentIncludingCreditGoodsWagesParentalEarly ChildhoodCaregiversCaregivingEarly Childhood Education Author:Riane Eisler