Preface

Introduction: Managerialism and ``the Market'' Are Not Forever

PART I From Feudalism to Capitalism, and After

The Shape of Production Under State Capitalism

The Founding Alienation of Capitalism

PART II State and Corporate Managers Impose Alienation by Destroying Production Capacity

The United States as a Third-Rate Economy

State Managers Accumulate Military Power Without Limit

The Hidden Costs of Compaigning for World Hegemony

The Lessons of Soviet Russia: From Alienation to Production Collapse

PART III Managing as Deindustrialization Proceeds

The Attempt to Make Workers and Unions Obsolete

Management Promotes Ownership Without Control

PART IV Workers, White collar and Blue, Create a Process of Disalienated Decision-Making for an Economy and Society After Capitalism

Creating Workplace Democracy

White Collar Joins the Blue

Disalienation by Design: Installing Workplace Democracy

PART V An Alternative Economic System in the Making

The Advancing Processes of Capitalism and Workplace Democracy

Conclusion: An Exit Path from Capitalism to Workplace Democracy

Appendix A. Enlarging U.S. Hegemonic Power over Other Nations by Arms Sales

Appendix B. List of Mondragon Enterprises (109)

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index