How Karl Marx Can Save American Capitalism - by Ronald W Dworkin (Hardcover)

About the Book

A battle now rages in the U.S. between crony capitalism and capitalism, with the future of liberal democracy at stake. This book argues that capitalism can-and should-prevail, but to do so lawmakers must change direction and address core areas of instability in people's privat...

Book Synopsis

A battle now rages in the U.S. between crony capitalism and capitalism, with the future of liberal democracy at stake. This book argues that capitalism can--and should--prevail, but to do so lawmakers must change direction and address core areas of instability in people's private lives that Karl Marx's ideas expose.

Review Quotes

Dworkin offers a compelling hook and an elucidating read into Marxist theory, one that is often misunderstood by the general public. . . .Dworkin's strengths lie in his candid description of the political and economic landscape today, one based on an obsession with consumption, a senselessly divergent partisan system and false sense of democracy.

His [Dworkin's] book is original.

In extensive, thoroughly documented analyses, Ronald Dworkin shows how well the young Marx understood modern alienation and isolation, its loneliness, service industries, love life, marital difficulties, and commodity fetishes. His striking parallels between Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party, medieval and modern life, conservatives and progressives, laborers and knowledge workers, and religion and politics break down stereotypes and preconceptions and reveals Marx's surprising insights into modern consumption, regulations, religion, and politics.

About the Author

Ronald W. Dworkin is lecturer of political philosophy at the George Washington University Honors Program and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.