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Beijing's Fangshan District Court ruled in her favour, ordering him to pay her monthly alimony of 2,000 yuan, as well as the one-off payment of 50,000 yuan for the housework she has done.
It's the free market, she offered a service for a marketable wage.
Capitalists hate family structures because it does not price labor based on demand and supply.
This new standard will make households more efficient and cost tax payers less money.
God bless the invisible hand.
Interesting perspective. I could see the new standard going either way in terms of effect. IMHO, it’s more likely to have a negative affect but time will tell. Hope I am wrong about that...
No, because if a woman decides to stay home and take care of the house on her own accord, that was her decision. No one forced her to do that. In this scenario, the man would leave the house to work everyday and bring home the bacon, The woman would take care of the house and kids. That's teamwork, not forced labor.
If they hadn't divorced, this wouldn't even be a discussion.
This is kind of silly, the entire family unit shares income, food production, and even shelter (!!!).
Trying to reconstruct families as a voluntary market of free labor is just trying to appropriate capitalism to an age old system that has existed since the dawn of man.
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