From the New York State Constitution: Article 1, Section 17. Labor of human beings is not a commodity nor an article of commerce and shall never be so considered or construed. As a result of this Newshour report on the Mott’s worker strike: “Workers who feel they’re now being treated as a commodity in a land [...]
While referencing something in David Boyle’s The Little Money Book (my current read), I came across another Lewis Hyde essay, this time entitled “Some Food We Could Not Eat” included in Money and Faith, edited by Michael Schutt. This essay is also an adaptation of the first chapter of Hyde’s The Gift; I have quoted [...]