Proving that profit is economically and morally justifiable, rather then the result of exploitation, has been a central preoccupation of neoclassical… - Jim Stanford

Try this: say the words "global, global, global" aloud several times, as fast as you can. You'll find yourself sounding like a turkey ("gobble, gobble, gobble").

Everyone has an interest in the economy: in how it functions, how well it functions, and in whose interests it functions.

This relationship is the foundation for the argument, made by some trade unionists and labour advocates, that high wages can actually be "good for business". The precedent set by Henry Ford in 1914, who offered workers $5.00 per day (a very high wage at the time) so they could afford to buy the same cars they made, is often invoked.