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Why do we focus on labour?

Why do we focus on labour?

Labour is one of the most important subjects discussed in economic theories. No less important, income from employment is the major source of individual income since the industrial revolution. 

However, labour markets have been changing over the past decades. The rise in inclusion of women in the work-force has increased in unprecedented numbers, new technology has changed as well as income distribution, and labour conditions seem to be moving towards more insecurity, precarity and poor conditions of employment. In order to understand today´s labour dynamics our approach takes a historical perspective that helps us understand the evolution of the concept of labour and its value, starting precisely with the first men that put the discussion on the table.

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