The critique of economic inequality in Western political thought : the continuity of an idea -- The liberal republic and the emergence of capitalism : the political theories of optimism and radicalism -- The transformation of American capitalism : from class antagonism to reconciliation --...

Introduction -- The rise of the American corporate elite -- The state and the economy -- Labor as uneasy partner -- The banks as mediators -- The breakdown of the postwar consensus -- Winning the war, but losing the battle: the fragmentation of the American corporate elite -- The aftermath --...

"From the ongoing issues of poverty, health, housing and employment to the recent upsurge of lethal police-community relations, the black working class stands at the center of perceptions of social and racial conflict today. Journalists and public policy analysts often discuss the black poor as...