Norma Rae: Havvy Ehrich

 


Regulated markets and industries have a few benefits to them, but it also has its disadvantages. We see increased efficiency, competition, and definitely discouragement or prevention of exploitation of the consumer. Regulated market does prevent people from doing whatever they want, this also means it prevents people from price gouging or anything that ruins the consumer. As stated, there are issues with both extremes: a totally free market outside of the government and a completely government regulated market. Either extreme has its respected consequences as seen in history. The leading to government regulated markets has also led to unions being created. The government and employers do not treat the employees with the recognized proper respect. Being burnt out, the workers in the film fought for not only better working conditions and better wages, but also to be treated as humans and not simple labor. Unions form in order to be seen and heard. They want to get their message out and show the people that what is happening is not fair. We see that even with some government action, the marketplace and employers still take advantage of the workers. Regulated market still has its downfalls. The workers in this movie were fighting to be seen by the government in hopes of resolving this issue. With that said, the idea of well-placed belief in the government can be variable depending on the situation at hand.




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  1. Catherine BolzendahlMarch 6, 2023 at 3:43 PM

    I'm really having a hard time following this post. Maybe you can edit some of the language to get it to flow better.

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