A Note on Capitalist Commodification of the Homeless

Under capitalism, the homeless are an oppressed and an exploited class. They are exploited sometimes as part of what Marx identifies as the lower reaches of the surplus labor force, but most usually through their commodification. They are subject to Althusser’s repressive and ideological state apparatuses. The long-term and recurrent homeless are commodified by being a source of both money-making employment and power among the police, the legal system, and psychiatrists and social workers. JEL Classifications: B51, J68, O18

Analysis of Economic Effect of Rural Labor Transfer in Central Region

Since the reform and opening-up, the speed of urban development is significantly higher than the speed of rural areas. So a large number of rural surplus labor force started to transfer to cities, which has great strategic value and practical value for stimulating local economic growth and increasing farmers' income.

OVERTIME IN CHINA: LAW, PRACTICE AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION

In most liberal capitalist societies, the working class is generally protected by laws regulating an 8-hour working day and a 5 day work week. But in China today, such rules are a luxury most laborers do not enjoy. This paper explores overtime working conditions that the Chinese working class currently suffers, especially migrant workers who have flowed from bankrupted rural villages into urban centers by the hundreds of millions. They supply the "surplus" labor force demanded by the booming manufacturing industry as China has quickly become the world´s leading producer of industrial goods. This paper not only documents this tragic situation but tries to answer the question: how could this seemingly pre-modern capitalist phenomenon have occurred in an ostensibily socialist country like China?