When labor is treated as a commodity, workers are viewed primarily as assets to maximize profits. This devalues labor contributions, exacerbating income inequalities and contributing to a wealth gap as capital gains are favored over wages.

Extractive economic practices prioritize short-term profit extraction from both natural resources and human capital. This contributes to the deterioration of job quality, as businesses seek to minimize costs, including wages and benefits, further deepening the wealth gap and limiting opportunities for upward mobility.

There is an imbalance between the rights of property owners and those of workers. Property owners enjoy increasing wealth from their assets, while workers face stagnant wages and insecure employment conditions. This asymmetry in rights not only widens the wealth gap but also undermines the economic security of large population segments, which is exacerbated by gig economy business models, where companies find legal loopholes to avoid obligations like social security contributions, shifting the financial burden onto the public sector. Such practices underscore a system of privatizing gains while evading responsibilities, undermining fair market competition between companies that evade these obligations and those that comply.

The emphasis on property owners' rights reinforces a power dynamic that heavily favors those who control capital and resources, leaving workers with diminished leverage to negotiate better terms of employment or advocate for their rights. This dynamic contrasts with the original justification for property rights, which was to ensure a return on labor and reward the efforts of creating use and exchange value.