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A Note on Capitalist Commodification of the Homeless

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  • Tamar Diana Wilson

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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

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  • Tamar Diana Wilson, 2019. "A Note on Capitalist Commodification of the Homeless," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 51(2), pages 298-309, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:51:y:2019:i:2:p:298-309
    DOI: 10.1177/0486613417741308
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    Keywords

    homeless; commodification; oppressed/exploited classes; superstructure; diagnostic imperialism;
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    JEL classification:

    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure

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