The hollow colossus /
Andrews, Charles,
The hollow colossus / Charles Andrews. - 209 pages : graphs, tables ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (191-209).
1. Production advances but prosperity recedes -- 2. Their analysis and ours -- 3. The third contradiction of capitalist accumulation -- 4. Socialism develops.
"Capitalism today is a hollow colossus. This book investigates how the triumphal years after World War Two turned into decline and degradation, explaining why the real wage of the average worker peaked in 1973, why there has been no major economic or social welfare reform in the U. S. for forty years, and why technology keeps advancing but conditions of work and life get worse. Marshaling political economy, the sociology of work, and the history of technology, the book presents a richly detailed analysis of new contradictions in post-industrial capitalist accumulation. Author Charles Andrews previously wrote No Rich, No Poor" - Amazon.com.
9780967990545 (paperback) 0967990548 (paperback)
2014952261
Capitalism--History.--United States
Socialism--History.--United States
Working class--Economic conditions.--United States
Capitalism.
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Socialism.
Working class--Economic conditions.
United States--Economic conditions.
United States--Economic policy.
United States.
History.
HC 103 / .A53 2015
330.973
The hollow colossus / Charles Andrews. - 209 pages : graphs, tables ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (191-209).
1. Production advances but prosperity recedes -- 2. Their analysis and ours -- 3. The third contradiction of capitalist accumulation -- 4. Socialism develops.
"Capitalism today is a hollow colossus. This book investigates how the triumphal years after World War Two turned into decline and degradation, explaining why the real wage of the average worker peaked in 1973, why there has been no major economic or social welfare reform in the U. S. for forty years, and why technology keeps advancing but conditions of work and life get worse. Marshaling political economy, the sociology of work, and the history of technology, the book presents a richly detailed analysis of new contradictions in post-industrial capitalist accumulation. Author Charles Andrews previously wrote No Rich, No Poor" - Amazon.com.
9780967990545 (paperback) 0967990548 (paperback)
2014952261
Capitalism--History.--United States
Socialism--History.--United States
Working class--Economic conditions.--United States
Capitalism.
Economic history.
Economic policy.
Socialism.
Working class--Economic conditions.
United States--Economic conditions.
United States--Economic policy.
United States.
History.
HC 103 / .A53 2015
330.973