Surplus American : How the 1% is Making Us Redundant (Paperback)

Part I : You're Fired-The Essay 1. Americans as a Surplus People 2. Who Are the Surplus People? 3. How to Make Money from the Creation of Surplus People 4. The Four Roots of Surplus People Production 5. How Many Surplus People Are There in the US? 6. Introducing the History of Surplus People 7. How Capitalism Created Surplus People Right from the Very Beginning 8. How the First Truly Industrial Society, Britain, Used Surplus People 9. How American Capitalists Controlled the Surplus Population before World War I 10. World War I and the Roaring Twenties 11. The Great Depression Begins 12. Roosevelt, Keynes, and the New Deal 13. America at Its Height 14. America Enters Decline 15. The Age of Reagan 16. Does Our Theory Hold Up? 17. What to Do? The Tea Party and the Occupy Movement 18. The Tea Party and the Dangerous Politics of Reaction 19. The Occupy Movement and the Politics of Hope 20. The Past and Future of the Occupy Movement 21. Why a Play Is an Effective Way to Discuss Politics and Economics Part II: I Like Firing People-The Play Part III: I Like Firing People-A Version Performed at Boston College