> On Nov 25, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I remember an article from several years ago that critically examined how
> much of the economy and its workforce are now dedicated to the protection
> of property, from security companies to cashiers. I'm pretty sure it was
> posted to one of these lists.
David Gordon did work on this years ago - he called it "guard labor." Google "David Gordon guard labor" and you'll get some hits.