Economics... help!!!!?

Question

1. when you purchase a loaf of bread or a gallon of milk, whose labor are you paying? (i think, the labor of the one who made the products... )

2. if the labor of the free person is more productive than servile labor, why did slavery and serfdom endure many centuries? why do totalitarian states still engage in stern direction of labor?

3. not everybody relishes work. can you offer some reasons why some people do as little as possible.

* the labor of free men and women is usually more productive than labor of slaves, serfs, and other people who are not free.. explain further...

Answer 1

1: Labor of farmers, truck drivers, distribution offices, retail shops, etc.

2. Because of difference in costs per output - they were accepted lower productivity (output) but costs were much lower relatively to productivity.

3. Due to attitude, habits, ambitions, traditions, culture, unjust income distribution (as they think) , laziness, etc.