Coercive commodities and the political economy of involuntary consumption: The case of the gambling industries
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Young, Martin; Markham, Francis
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Coercive commodities are those goods and services that promote ‘akratic’ consumption – that consumption recognised by consumers themselves to be contrary to their own best interests, all things considered. The production of coercive commodities has become an increasingly significant economic project of fractions of the capitalist class. As a form of secondary exploitation, coercive commodities facilitate the extraction of surplus profits from the savings and assets of the working classes, thus...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2017 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/233763 |
Source: | Environment and Planning A |
DOI: | 10.1177/0308518X17734546 |
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