The origins of the work and growth fetish -- Rethinking the work fetish and the growth consensus -- Work time regulation as a macroeconomic policy tool -- The ecological and social sustainability of work time regulation -- The employment effects of work time reduction -- A proposal for reform --...

Introduction -- Democratic theory -- Evolution of wage policy -- Post New Deal Era and the demise of wage policy -- New living wage movement -- Wage policy for the middle class -- Wage policy and the path towards democracy