Doesn unregulated capitalism lead to worker exploitation?
No. The simplest answer to this question is that in a capitalist society all workers are free to choose who they are going to work for. If a worker doesn’t like the terms that an employer is offering them for a job, they can simply look for work elsewhere until they find a better job, or not accept any job at all. Just because a worker doesn’t like everything about his job doesn’t mean he is being “exploited.” For someone to be exploited they have to be physically forced to work against their own will. It is only a government, not a businessman, that has the type of power necessary to force people to work against their own judgment. In a free market economy, all employers must compete for the services of their employees. If an employer offers lower salaries or poorer working conditions than other employers in a given field, workers will seek to work elsewhere, and the employer will lose his employees and go out of business. This means that it is in the economic self-interest of employe
