Marx's method -- Marxist theory : from class struggle to political economy -- Pre-capitalist social relations -- Capitalism and social production -- Capitalist state and society -- Imperialism and world wars -- The dialectics of world working class struggle -- International working class...

1. Introduction -- 2. People make their choices -- 3. Opportunity matters -- 4. Opportunity matters : more yet -- 5. How power works -- 6. Capitalism : "classical" class -- 7. Realities of class today -- 8. Running the system : business power and political power -- 9. Cultural power -- 10....

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