02976nam 2200601Ia 450 991078145520332120211005013729.01-58367-263-X1-58367-262-1(CKB)2550000000040983(EBL)2081738(OCoLC)744350488(SSID)ssj0000523548(PQKBManifestationID)12187388(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523548(PQKBWorkID)10543396(PQKB)10784437(MiAaPQ)EBC2081738(MiAaPQ)EBC3025629(Au-PeEL)EBL3025629(OCoLC)928197815(EXLCZ)99255000000004098320101208d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe invisible handcuffs of capitalism[electronic resource] how market tyranny stifles the economy by stunting workers /by Michael PerelmanNew York Monthly Review Pressc20111 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58367-229-X 1-58367-230-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Setting the Stage""; ""1. The Anti-Worker Theology of Markets""; ""2. Disciplining Workers in the Procrustean Bed""; ""3. How Economics Marginalized Workers""; ""4. Everyday Life in a Procrustean World""; ""5. International Procrusteanism""; ""6. Adam Smith�s Historical Vision""; ""7. The Dark Side of Adam Smith""; ""8. Keeping Score""; ""9. The Destructive Nature of Procrusteanism""; ""10. Where Do We Go from Here""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""""N""""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" Mainstream, or more formally, neoclassical, economics claims to be a science. But as Michael Perelman makes clear in his latest book, nothing could be further from the truth. While a science must be rooted in material reality, mainstream economics ignores or distorts the most fundamental aspect of this reality: that the vast majority of people must, out of necessity, labor on behalf of others, transformed into nothing but a means to the end of maximum profits for their employers. The nature of the work we do and the conditions under which we do it profoundly shape our lives. And yet, both of LaborWorkCapitalismLabor.Work.Capitalism.330.122Perelman Michael119995MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781455203321The invisible handcuffs of capitalism3716597UNINA