I t used to be that being self-employed meant that you were unemployed. Now being employed often means you're hardly employed. In 2010, I was invited to make a prediction about the Internet's use in 10 years. 1 Five years later, it's worthwhile to review the state of my prediction. So let's pause while you re-read that piece. It's okay; I don't mind waiting. Done? Okay, now read Paul Mason's " ...

Contents Introduction v Foreword to the English edition ix Preface xi 1 Several major challenges to a culture of peace 1 1. Notes to the translation 43 Biographical sketches 47 Bibliography 49 Index 53 iv Introduction Why a translation now The book's original setting is in the 'post Cold War era' and the élan to create a better future in the new Millennium. The many conflicts that emerged in th...

Paul Adler was Program Chair for the 2013 meeting of the Academy of Management in Orlando, Florida, in August. In this capacity, he organized the “All-Academy Theme” component of the meeting program, helped by a committee of Tom Kochan (MIT), Jerry Davis (U. Michigan), Carrie Leana (U. Pittsburgh), and Stella Nkomo (U. Pretoria). The theme was “Capitalism in Question.” The essay below is an edi...

Intellectual temper of social and economic studies of our time are profoundly influenced by modern development of physical sciences and that of logical, mathematical and statistical analysis. In sorting out enlightening intellectual insights from occasionally muddled reasons of classical theories, intelligence of our time has nurtured a mental attitude in favor of precise, quantitative and piec...

Under capitalism there is a potential for increasing socioeconomic complexity and greater specialization of skills. One implication is that there is a potential for increasing inequalities of wealth, income, and power on both a national and international scale. What follows is an updated, broad-brush account of possible future developments in a knowledge-intensive capitalist economy. They can t...

Traders Versus the State: Anthropological Approaches to Unofficial Economics is at once both a frustrating book to read and a fascinating book to review. One might suppose from its title that the book deals with conflict between officials on the one hand and those engaged in tradingor merchandising on the other. And one might suppose from reading the subtitle that the book focuses on the activi...