Sociology / Unit 9 Soc 1542 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Conflict Theory on the Economy
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The idea
Conflict theorists hold that a capitalist economy reflects and reproduces inequality, with wealth concentrating among owners at the expense of workers.
In practice
A firm's profits rise as its wage bill stays flat, a pattern conflict theorists read as owners capturing gains workers helped produce.
Where people slip
The claim concerns a structural tendency under capitalism, not an accusation that every individual owner intends to exploit employees.
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