Interning and Investing: Rethinking Unpaid Work, Social Capital, and the “Human Capital Regime”
For young workers, interning is a strategy for speculating on one’s asset portfolio. Students and graduates undertake internships as a way of maintaining their self-appreciation and avoiding depreciation in a “human capital regime.” In this article, we explore the specific example of interning in th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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tripleC
2015-09-01
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Series: | tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique |
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Online Access: | https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/607 |