MARXIST + AGE INEQUALTIES

Question 1

what does Marx argue about age?

Answer 1

• needs for capitalism
• youth are both assist and an issue to need for capitalism
• even if youth lack skills they can be cheap sources of labour due to lower minimum wages which is technical to the bourgeoisie and the capitalist system

Question 2

what’s the theory Engels use

Answer 2

reserve army of labour

Question 3

explain the reserve Army of labour

Answer 3

• Young and elderly were used as reserve pieces to fill spots in the economy in cheap labour to boost the economy and help the ruling class
• Zero-hour contracts
• pensions and sick pay not given

Question 4

what does Philipson argue?

Answer 4

• The elderly have historically been used as a reserve army of labour but that is their role has grown over the years
• inequality can be seen as social construction used to benefit the bourgeoise

Question 5

who is a neo marxist who discusses about age inequality

Answer 5

Gramsci

Question 6

what does gramsci disscus?

Answer 6

• the importance of how the ruling class maintains authority through the use of force and rule through consent
• false conscience explains how people do not realise how they are exploited as they receive benefits that are small like child support

Question 7

what did Townsend and Philipsons argue about

Answer 7

political economy theory

Question 8

explain the political economy theory

Answer 8

• places the elderly as a burden to the economy as capitalism ensures greater profit by using young workers who may be more productive to serve so the elderly are forced to retire

Question 9

evaltuion og marxism and neo marxoism

Answer 9

• ignore the lack of homogenous experience of age
• macro approach ignoring factors like gender class
• grey pound fo elderly spending