The core-periphery workforce split assumed by post-Fordism is implausible in intense international competition.

Evidence

Finally, the trend towards a workforce divided between a privileged ‘core’ and oppressed ‘periphery’ is also greatly exaggerated, and rests on the assumption — implausible in a period of intense international competition — that employers can guarantee some of their workers secure and well-paid employment. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 507

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Skilled labour organicity limits competitive wage discipline. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1146; The 1973 recession undermined Fordism and birthed a new accumulation regime — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 864; The October 1979 interest rate shock initiated the shift to post-Fordism — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1402 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Skilled labour organicity limits competitive wage discipline. #corroborates (0.85) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1146
• The 1973 recession undermined Fordism and birthed a new accumulation regime #qualifies (0.75) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 864