The Great Inequality [Paperback]

A growing inequality in income and wealth marks modern capitalism, and it negatively affects nearly every aspect of our lives, especially those of the working class. It is and will continue to be the central issue of politics in almost every nation on earth. In this book, the author explains inequality in clear, passionate, and intelligent prose: what it is, why it matters, how it affects us, what its underlying causes are, and what we might do about it. This book was written to encourage informed radical action by working people, the unemployed, and the poor, uniquely blending the authors own experiences with his ability to make complex issues comprehensible to a mass audience. This book will be excellent for courses in a variety of disciplines, and it will be useful to activists and the general reading public.

1. Inequality Casts a Long Shadow

2. The Great Inequality

3. All the Economics You Need to Know in One Lesson

4. Markets are the Problem, Not the Solution

5. Work is Hell

6. The Injuries of Class

7. Its Still Slavery by Another Name

8. The Ghosts of Karl Marx and Edward Abbey

9. Cesar

10. OWS and the Importance of Political Slogans

11. The Growing Degradation of Work and Life and What We Might Do to End It

12. Global Inequality

It is suddenly in fashion to decry inequality and its impact on society and the global economy. But Michael Yates has been warning us about growing inequality for years, and explaining how it is not just an inconvenient side effect of poorly managed capitalism but rather part of its very core. Capitalism by definition is unjust. Once again Michael Yates provides a clear, timely, and powerful book explaining our economy, dissecting varieties of mainstream economic thought, and inspiring readers to fight for a more just world.

Stephanie Luce, Professor of Labor lSØ