https://mishavelthuis.nl/tags/marx/ Recent content in Marx on Misha Velthuis Hugo en Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:05:00 +0200 https://mishavelthuis.nl/posts/2021-08-23-how-many-people-work-for-me/ Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:05:00 +0200 https://mishavelthuis.nl/posts/2021-08-23-how-many-people-work-for-me/ <p>Every day a certain amount of work is done. Food is grown. Machines are built and operated. Stuff is transported. If I would add up all the time - the seconds, minutes, hours - that other people work to provide me with the things that I consume, would I arrive at 1 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-time_equivalent">FTE</a>? 2 FTE? 5?<sup id="fnref:1"><a href="#fn:1" class="footnote-ref" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup> In other words: BP may have <a href="https://mashable.com/feature/carbon-footprint-pr-campaign-sham">tricked</a> me into thinking about my <em>carbon</em> footprint, but what is my <em>labour</em> foot print??</p>