I’m not sure I understand your point here. Yes, Andrew Carnegie made money by exploiting workers. That’s why that period of time saw the birth of the American labor movement. Which is also why these workers are going on strike.
Yes but one of the primary ways corporations are making money these days is by not hiring enough workers and not paying current workers 3x the salary even though they’re expected to do the work of 3 people.
Why would you say “these days” when that has always been the case, except for a short period from 1940 to 1980?
Chetzemoka@startrek.website 1 year ago
(I’m really referring to times since the modernization of stock valuation since the other comment refers to technical financial data like EPS.)
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I wrote that comment. EPS isn’t technical, it’s just the amount of profit made per share. It existed when Andrew Carnegie was around.
Chetzemoka@startrek.website 1 year ago
I’m not sure I understand your point here. Yes, Andrew Carnegie made money by exploiting workers. That’s why that period of time saw the birth of the American labor movement. Which is also why these workers are going on strike.
I’m glad you agree with me?
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You said:
Why would you say “these days” when that has always been the case, except for a short period from 1940 to 1980?