{"id":3158,"date":"2026-06-19T21:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2026-06-19T21:37:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T21:37:52","slug":"the-real-horror-of-alien-and-how-it-explains-why-were-not-paid-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=3158","title":{"rendered":"The real horror of \u2018Alien\u2019 and how it explains why we\u2019re not paid enough"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maybe the real monster in the Alien franchise isn’t actually the killer alien. Because behind the acid blood and jump scares is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with unchecked power. That employer is named Weyland-Yutani, a mega-corporation that dominates workers across the galaxy.<\/p>\n

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Weyland-Yutani is a sort of extreme example of what economists call a monopsony \u2014 when one employer dominates a labor market and gains power to underpay and mistreat workers. Sure, it’s science fiction. But a growing number of economists argue that monopsony power is a much bigger deal in the real world than previously thought.<\/p>\n

We watch scenes from the movie with labor economist Arin Dube, whose new book, , shines a spotlight on the problem of monopsony power in the modern economy. We ask Arin what policy ideas he has that would have maybe prevented the worker tragedy seen in . And we use his answer to try and rewrite the movie (spoiler: the movie becomes shorter and less exciting).<\/p>\n

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Plus, we speak with Fede \u00c1lvarez, the director and co-writer of , which puts Weyland-Yutani’s poor treatment of workers front row and center.<\/p>\n

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