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[[File:Soup Kitchen, Chicago.webp|thumb|During the great depression (1929-1939), unemployment was at an all time high. Structures such as this soup kitchen in Chicago were set up to deal with an ever growing mass of hungry unemployed workers.]] | [[File:Soup Kitchen, Chicago.webp|thumb|During the great depression (1929-1939), unemployment was at an all time high. Structures such as this soup kitchen in Chicago were set up to deal with an ever growing mass of hungry unemployed workers.]] | ||
'''Unemployment''' is the condition where an individual is seeking employment but cannot find work anywhere. Unemployment since the industrial revolution has served the purpose of providing the bourgeoisie with a reserve army of labour. This reserve can be | '''Unemployment''' is the condition where an individual is seeking employment but cannot find work anywhere. Unemployment since the industrial revolution has served the purpose of providing the bourgeoisie with a reserve army of labour. This reserve can be quickly deployed to work in rapidly expanding markets, or, alternatively, it can be kept as a threat to employed workers, in order to maintain low wages.<ref>{{Citation|author=Karl Marx|year=1867|title=Capital Volume One|chapter=Chapter Twenty-Five: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch25.htm#S3|section=Section 3}}</ref> | ||
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Unemployment is the condition where an individual is seeking employment but cannot find work anywhere. Unemployment since the industrial revolution has served the purpose of providing the bourgeoisie with a reserve army of labour. This reserve can be quickly deployed to work in rapidly expanding markets, or, alternatively, it can be kept as a threat to employed workers, in order to maintain low wages.[1]
- ↑ Karl Marx (1867). Capital Volume One: 'Chapter Twenty-Five: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation; Section 3'.