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Erik Olin Wright

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Money and Abstract Labour

by Ulrich Krause
A ground-breaking mathematical analysis of labor, money and exchange.
2 posts
The Enchanted World

by Alain Lipietz

A rigorous examination of the problems of money and inflation.

1 post
What About the Workers?

by Michael Burawoy, Simon Clarke, et al.

Examining class struggle and workers’ movements in modern Russia.
Against the Market

by David McNally
A devastating analysis of the flaws of market socialism.
5 posts

Long Waves of Capitalist Development

by Ernest Mandel
“A topical, well-argued and challenging work.”—British Book News
4 posts
Equal Shares

by John E. Roemer
Post-1989, what might a defensible idea of socialism be?
Unnecessary Suffering

by Maurice Glasman

They have a dream—a dream of a world where everything and everybody can be bought and sold, a world run efficiently by managers, a world...

2 posts
Workers in a Lean World

by Kim Moody

“A very important study that deserves a wide audience.”—Choice

5 posts

Cutting Edge

Edited by Jim Davis, Thomas Hirschl, et al.
Theorists and technology experts assess the relationship between computers, robots and work.
1 post
Recasting Egalitarianism

by Sam Bowles and Herbert Gintis
Two prominent economists lead a debate to redistribute wealth.
1 post
Late Capitalism

by Ernest Mandel
”One of the major contributions of the last decade to Marxist economics.”—Choice
7 posts
For Another Europe

by Guglielmo Carchedi
Guglielmo Carchedi argues that only an analysis centered on class as the basic unit of social life can throw light on the internal contradictions of European economic integration.
65 posts

Beyond the New Paternalism

by Guy Standing
A call for new systems of regulation, social protection and redistribution.
2 posts
The Power to Choose

by Naila Kabeer

A powerful analysis of how globalization is affecting the lives of women at work.

4 posts
Market-Driven Politics

by Colin Leys
The commodification of public services, and the role of the state in absorbing risk.
4 posts
Privatising Culture

by Chin-tao Wu
Mapping for the first time the increasingly hegemonic position that corporations and corporate elites have come to occupy in the cultural arena.
1 post

Merchants and Revolution

by Robert Brenner
A major reinterpretation of the transformation of English commerce in the century after 1550.
16 posts
The Boom and the Bubble

by Robert Brenner

Brenner demonstrates that the new economy was always a fragile phenomenon.

22 posts
Banking on Death, Or Investing in Life

by Robin Blackburn
A panoramic view of the origins and development of the pension idea.
1 post
Marx's Revenge

by Meghnad Desai
In the triumphant resurgence of capitalism, the one thinker who is vindicated is Karl Marx.
1 post

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