The Condition of the Working Class
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9198527 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul M Sweezy (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1958 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 118 |
| Publication date | 1958-07-06 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-010-03-04-1958-07-08_7 |
| OpenAlex | W1984396737 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Much has been written in recent years about the "American standard of living," the "income revolution," the "conquest of poverty," and the like. In this literature, American capitalism has become the workers' paradise which socialists were once scornfully derided for holding up as a vain and utopian hope to the toiling masses. How much of all this is fact and how much more or less deliberately fabricated ideology is a most complicated and difficult question which obviously cannot be answered in a few pages. And yet I think it is possible, even in very brief compass, to present enough of the answer so that the problem can be seen in its true proportions. And if I am right that clarity on this whole range of topics is a matter of the greatest importance for the American Left (in which I include the labor movement), then at any rate no apologies need be offered for making the attempt.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website
Capitalism · CLARITY · Class (philosophy) · Economic history · Epistemology · Ideology · Media studies · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Working class · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 2025 (44) |
| Highly cited | No |