Working for the working class

"The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards." -Irving Babbitt

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Revolución Industrial

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Unionport Silk Mill, The Bronx, c. [x]

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The Marines Secret Weapon: Coffee

By MICHAEL HAFT AND HARRISON SUAREZ

  Every American knows the story of the Boston Tea Party and…

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Corliss Steam Engine Co.

http://www.newsm.org/steam-engines/corliss-steam-engine-co.html

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Derbyshire Road Trip, August 2013

- Quarry Bank Mill

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abandoned spinning mill, Oldham

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How do you respond when people claim that the poor working conditions, low wages, and child labor in the industrial revolution were a product of deregulation? Is this a valid argument against pure Capitalism?

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Nike Sweatshop

source:http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/The-Adam-Smith-Institute-Blog/2011/0131/Forget-fair-trade-buy-from-sweatshops

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source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1204508/Images-history-Rarely-seen-photographs-bring-1800s-London-life.html