Identify as true all answers that correctly characterize the Post-Fordist era.

Labor and Migration Patterns between the US and Mexico
Post: Address the two prompts below.

1. Using whatever method makes the most sense to you, create a simplified diagram of the events described in the article, “Dying for a Cup of Coffee Links to an external site.” by Dr. Joseph Nevins. You may do this by hand on a paper with pen and take a picture to post, or you may create a diagram digitally to include. Your diagram should focus on the links between events, rather than providing a simple chronology.

2. In a post of between 100 and 250 words, explain your diagram, being sure to address what you chose to include and whether there was anything that did not lend itself to being depicted graphically.

Quiz I took about this topic includes the following (please use information and vocabs related to the quiz on the essay) :
Under Fordism, labor was understood to serve which two purposes? both producers and consumers of commodities.
Identify as true all answers that correctly describe the New International Division of Labor.

– de-industrialization of wealthy countries: True
– Geographic distribution of particular types of labor disproportionately happening in particular parts of the world: True
– global patterns of labor produced through the comparative advantages made possible by trade liberalization: True
– the link between increasing blue-collar unemployment in wealthy countries and increasing low-wage industrialization in poorer countries: True
– ruralization of the global labor force: False
People tend to migrate most to places close to where they are from.
Push Factor: factors contributing to why people leave a particular place
What is the basic source of added value that lies at the heart of capitalist growth? labor.
If we consider the relationship between Fordism, Post-Fordism and the three periods of modern capitalism that we examined in Lesson 02, which statement best describes that relationship? Fordism corresponds with the Keynesian period, while Post-Fordism corresponds with the neoliberal period.
Identify as true all answers that correctly characterize the Post-Fordist era.
* business-union negotiations arbitrated by the government: False
* development of welfare states: False
* flexibility and just-in-time deliveries: True
* increased regulation of business: False
* minimalist government: True
* national mass consumption:False
* networked production chains: True
* uneven global consumption: True

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