Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-165) and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. Class, race, and empire. Thinking about the great class divide -- Ethnicity and exploitation : a quick history of the boiling pot -- Empire in extremis? : some urgent notations
Pt. 2. The corporate beast at home. A case of death and profits -- Free market medicine : a personal account -- Free market medicine : more true stories
Pt. 3. Cultural aberrations and other oppressions. Pedophiles, popes, priests, preachers, and papa -- Inequality : 85 billionaires and the poorer half
Pt. 4. Global rule and ruin. Capitalism, a self-devouring beast -- Profit pathology and disposable planet.
Summary
In this book the author examines the role of class power in American life as well as the effects of unregulated capitalism.