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In Third Wave Capitalism, John Ehrenreich documents the emergence of a new stage in the history of American capitalism. Just as the industrial capitalism of the nineteenth century gave way to corporate capitalism in the twentieth, recent decades have witnessed corporate capitalism evolving into a new phase, which Ehrenreich calls "Third Wave Capitalism."Third Wave Capitalism is marked by apparent contradictions: Rapid growth in productivity and lagging wages; fabulous wealth for the 1 percent and the persistence of high levels of poverty; increases in the standard of living and increases in mental illness, personal misery, and political rage; the apotheosis of the individual and the deterioration of democracy; increases in life expectancy and out-of-control medical costs; an African American president and the incarceration of a large percentage of the black population.Ehrenreich asserts that these phenomena are evidence that a virulent, individualist, winner-take-all ideology and a virtual fusion of government and business have subverted the American dream. Greed and economic inequality reinforce the sense that each of us is "on our own." The result is widespread lack of faith in collective responses to our common problems. The collapse of any organized opposition to business demands makes political solutions ever more difficult to imagine. Ehrenreich traces the impact of these changes on American health care, school reform, income distribution, racial inequities, and personal emotional distress. Not simply a lament, Ehrenreich's book seeks clues for breaking out of our current stalemate and proposes a strategy to create a new narrative in which change becomes possible.
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Third Wave Capitalism
Third Wave Capitalism
How Money, Power, and the Pursuit of SelfInterest Have Imperiled the American Dream
John Ehrenreich
ILR Press an imprint of Cornell University Press Ithaca and London
Copyright © 2016 by Cornell University
All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850.
First published 2016 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ehrenreich, John, 1943– author. Title: Third wave capitalism : how money, power, and the pursuit of self-interest have imperiled the American dream / John Ehrenreich. Description: Ithaca ; London : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identiîers: LCCN 2015038554 | ISBN 9781501702310 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Capitalism—United States—History—20th century. | Capitalism—United States—History—21st century. | United States— Social conditions—20th century. | United States—Social conditions— 21st century. Classiîcation: LCC HC103 .E373 2016 | DDC 330.973—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015038554
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Third Wave Capitalism
2. The Health of Nations
3. Getting Schooled
Contents
4. Race and Poverty: The Betrayal of the American Dream
5. The Crisis of the Liberal and Creative Professions
6. Anxiety and Rage: The Age of Discontent Epilogue
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Acknowledgments
It takes a village to write a book. First there are the “ancestors.” The intellectual inuences on this book are too numerous to mention, but several individuals whose personal in-uence on me was great deserve mention. The late Leo Huberman at Monthly Review Pressencouraged me to write, taught me a great deal about U.S. social history, and advised me that the way to write a book is “one chapter at a time.” The late Harry Becker profoundly inuenced my un-derstanding of the American health system. My ideas about health care, U.S. social structure, and ideology have been shaped by years of discussion and collaboration with my former wife and present good friend Barbara Ehrenreich. For chapter 5, Barbara also graciously agreed to permit me to draw heavily on an article we coauthored. Then there are the “tradespeople, craftspeople, and professionals.” Fran Benson, editorial director of ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press) was a constant source of support, providing repeated and valuable insights on the content and organization of this book. My copy editor,
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Chris Dodge, and Cornell University Press staff, including Susan Barnett, Jonathan Hall, Mahinder Kingra, Karen Laun, and Emily Powers, shep-herded me through the process of publication with kindness and compe-tence. I also owe a debt of gratitude to the many other staff members at Cornell—from administrators and designers to clerical workers and cus-todial workers—who make a book possible. Sara Bershtel provided enor-mously helpful practical advice on publishing. Courtney Schuster capably helped prepare the references. Justin Hargett provided able publicist ser-vices. Millie Loeb, Florrie French, and Karen Borneman at the Sherman, Connecticut, public library cheerfully put up with my endless demands for interlibrary loans. Of “friends and neighbors” I have many to thank. Alfred Guzzetti, Frank Hoeber, Bob Lobis, Wayne Saslow, Lincoln Taiz, and Edmond Weiss helped me think about the title. In the course of researching the book, I had extensive conversations with numerous people, many of whom also readand commented on drafts of chapters. Henry Abraham, Laura Anker,Stanley Aronowitz, Minna Barrett, Ros Baxandall, Bill Berg, Howard Berliner, Robb Burlage, Michael Clark, Ofelia Cuevas, E. J. Dionne, Peter Edelman, Oli Fein, Duncan Foley, Julie Fraad, Nick Freudenberg, Nor-man Fruchter, Todd Gitlin, David Kotelchuck, Ronda Kotelchuck, Eileen Landy, Hedva Lewittes, Steve London, Jeff Madrick, Tim Noah, Fran Piven, Ken Porter, Len Rodberg, Richard Rothstein, Alix Shulman, Joel Spring, David Sprintzen, Ida Susser, Jon Weiner, and Lisa Whitten all generously offered their time and wisdom, and I am grateful. Finally, thereis “family.”Mychildren, RosaBrooks, BenEhrenreich, andAlex Ehrenreich, encouraged me to write this book, commented on drafts of proposals and early versions of chapters, discussed the substantive is-sues, advised on the process of getting published, and provided constant love and support. My wife and fellow traveler through time and the uni-verse, Sharon McQuaide, read and reread drafts, talked about ideas and arguments, edited, reined me in when I let my passions overwhelm my reason, and encouraged me when my energy or conîdence agged. Her suggestions and criticisms immeasurably strengthened the book. More im-portantly, her love, energy, and generosity sustained me and made my year of writing joyful.
