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I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology affiliated with the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University, in Ottawa Canada. I hold a B.A. in Sociology, SUNY ( Buffalo State) and M.A. in Applied Economics SUNY (Buffalo State) Specializing in Labour Economics & Public Policy
Using a social economics and Heterodox approach, I examine economic activity in the social world within the frame of political economy and sociology. My work is situated in Economic Sociology and Institutional Economics.
My main influences in Sociology are C. Wright Mills, Goffman and Burawoy
My main influences in Economics is John Maynard Keynes (Post Keynesian Perspective), Kenneth Galbraith, and Stiglitz.
...along with my years of experience as a Human Resource Manager.
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The 2008 global financial crisis has redefined issues of poverty, labour, class and the welfare s... more The 2008 global financial crisis has redefined issues of poverty, labour, class and the welfare state that have had long term structural shifts, both socially and economically. This is a perfect opportunity for Sociology to use econometrics as an exploratory tool to examine these deeper social issues, and regain a seat at the policy table that has often gone to Economists. This paper will use a simple econometric model as an example to examine the methodological differences and commonalities between Economics and Sociology. It will also show how the two can compliment each other. This paper is not a critical assault on Economics or Sociology, but rather shows a way for both fields to come together to gain a better understanding of how labour is dealing with socioeconomic crisis in the face of austerity, and map a path in economy and society. Policy implications are discussed.
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The author lays the claim that Wall Street is a social institution with cultural norms and values... more The author lays the claim that Wall Street is a social institution with cultural norms and values, which it seeks, as an institution of power, to transfer onto the rest of corporate America. Part of the culture of Wall Street is to make labor expendable, or a liquid asset. Through participant observation, and interviews, Karen Ho not only makes her case, but also leaves much to think about philosophically in Sociology and Economics. Karen Ho opens the door to research questions that may take decades to answer, and at the same time, shows that they definitely need to be answered for the betterment of society.
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The labor force is not typically seen as a social institution in and of itself without collective... more The labor force is not typically seen as a social institution in and of itself without collective bargaining. However, economic social institutions respond to social and economic forces in labor markets on an institutional level regardless of organized labor, suggesting that another institutional force is at play. A modification of Marx’s Circuit model is presented in a way that may explain the labor force as a social institution in and of itself. A discussion of Veblen, Weber and C. Wright Mills’ views of labor are in support of the modified circuit model, and in considering the labor force as an institution in its own rite.
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An OLS multiple regression model is ran on five demographic variables that include gender, length... more An OLS multiple regression model is ran on five demographic variables that include gender, length of unemployment and part time status, with the labor force participation level as the dependent variable. Results show that the strong assumptions in the literature about baby boomers retiring and skills mismatch as the cause of low levels of labor force participation in the post 2008 era are greatly exaggerated. The average length of unemployment has the only statistically significant impact on Labor Force Participation in the model. Discussion of structural changes to the labor market, and the need to restructure policy to deal with time is presented.
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As the debate over what precarious labour really is continues, what is generally missing is an an... more As the debate over what precarious labour really is continues, what is generally missing is an analysis of the shared, lived experiences of those facing the living conditions that result from precarious labour. Using grounded theory, and an ethnomethodological approach, I examine one precarious labour group, long haul truck drivers in North America, to suggest that precarious labour is facing a sense of chaos out of an ordered sense of self, on temporal and special planes, leading to the question: How would considering negotiations between social constructs of time and space together within meaning-making help us to understand precarious labour better? I suggest that the Marx-Mead synthesis of Edgework theory and Time Work, bridged within a Sociology of Emotions is a way of interrogating this question, in how precarious labour negotiates the boundary between their sense of order and chaos, as the conditions of labour has become intertwined with irreducible, and shifting spatial-temporal experiences.
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The 2008 global financial crisis has redefined issues of poverty, labour, class and the welfare s... more The 2008 global financial crisis has redefined issues of poverty, labour, class and the welfare state that have had long term structural shifts, both socially and economically. This is a perfect opportunity for Sociology to use econometrics as an exploratory tool to examine these deeper social issues, and regain a seat at the policy table that has often gone to Economists. This paper will use a simple econometric model as an example to examine the methodological differences and commonalities between Economics and Sociology. It will also show how the two can compliment each other. This paper is not a critical assault on Economics or Sociology, but rather shows a way for both fields to come together to gain a better understanding of how labour is dealing with socioeconomic crisis in the face of austerity, and map a path in economy and society. Policy implications are discussed.
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The author lays the claim that Wall Street is a social institution with cultural norms and values... more The author lays the claim that Wall Street is a social institution with cultural norms and values, which it seeks, as an institution of power, to transfer onto the rest of corporate America. Part of the culture of Wall Street is to make labor expendable, or a liquid asset. Through participant observation, and interviews, Karen Ho not only makes her case, but also leaves much to think about philosophically in Sociology and Economics. Karen Ho opens the door to research questions that may take decades to answer, and at the same time, shows that they definitely need to be answered for the betterment of society.
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The labor force is not typically seen as a social institution in and of itself without collective... more The labor force is not typically seen as a social institution in and of itself without collective bargaining. However, economic social institutions respond to social and economic forces in labor markets on an institutional level regardless of organized labor, suggesting that another institutional force is at play. A modification of Marx’s Circuit model is presented in a way that may explain the labor force as a social institution in and of itself. A discussion of Veblen, Weber and C. Wright Mills’ views of labor are in support of the modified circuit model, and in considering the labor force as an institution in its own rite.
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An OLS multiple regression model is ran on five demographic variables that include gender, length... more An OLS multiple regression model is ran on five demographic variables that include gender, length of unemployment and part time status, with the labor force participation level as the dependent variable. Results show that the strong assumptions in the literature about baby boomers retiring and skills mismatch as the cause of low levels of labor force participation in the post 2008 era are greatly exaggerated. The average length of unemployment has the only statistically significant impact on Labor Force Participation in the model. Discussion of structural changes to the labor market, and the need to restructure policy to deal with time is presented.
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As the debate over what precarious labour really is continues, what is generally missing is an an... more As the debate over what precarious labour really is continues, what is generally missing is an analysis of the shared, lived experiences of those facing the living conditions that result from precarious labour. Using grounded theory, and an ethnomethodological approach, I examine one precarious labour group, long haul truck drivers in North America, to suggest that precarious labour is facing a sense of chaos out of an ordered sense of self, on temporal and special planes, leading to the question: How would considering negotiations between social constructs of time and space together within meaning-making help us to understand precarious labour better? I suggest that the Marx-Mead synthesis of Edgework theory and Time Work, bridged within a Sociology of Emotions is a way of interrogating this question, in how precarious labour negotiates the boundary between their sense of order and chaos, as the conditions of labour has become intertwined with irreducible, and shifting spatial-temporal experiences.
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