David Schweickart is a professor of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He holds doctorate degrees in both mathematics and philosophy. He is the author of Capitalism or Worker Control and articles on social, political, and economic philosophy. His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Catalan, and Chinese.

Preface to the Revised Edition
Preface to the 2002 Edition
Chapter 1: Counterproject, Successor-System, Revolution
1.1 The Counterproject
1.2 Successor-System Theory
1.3 Historical Materialism
1.4 Criteria
1.5 Revolution
1.5.1 A Note on Gender
1.6 An Outline of the Argument
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Chapter 2: Justifying Capitalism
2.1 What Is "Capitalism"? What Is A "Capitalist"?
2.2 Neoclassical Shenanigans: Marginal Product as Contribution
2.3 Capitalism's White Knight: The Entrepren[...] Risk and Reward: Playing Reverse-Lotto
2.5 The Utility (And Disutility) Of Deferred Consumption
2.6 Tina
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Chapter 3: Economic Democracy: What It Is
3.1 Economic Democracy: The Basic Model
3.1.1 Worker Self-Management
3.1.2 The Market
3.1.3 Social Control of Investment
3.2 The Viability of Economic Democracy
3.3 The Mondragon "Experiment"
3.4 A Note on the Public Sector
3.5 Economic Democracy: The Expanded Model
3.5.1 The Government as Employer-Of-Last-Resort
3.5.2 Socialist Savings And Loan Associations
3.5.3 Capitalists Under Socialism
3.6 Fair Trade, Not Free Trade
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Chapter 4: Capitalism Or Socialism? Inequality, Unemployment, Overwork, Poverty
4.1 Workplace Democracy: Some Behavioral Consequences of Structural Change
4.2 Inequality
4.3 Unemployment
4.3.1 A Note on Inflation
4.4 Overwork
4.5 Poverty
4.5.1 Poverty in Rich Countries
4.5.2 Poverty in Poor Countries
4.5.3 A Note on Racism
4.5.4 A Note On Immigration
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Chapter 5: Capitalism Or Socialism? Economic Instability, Environmental Degradation, Democracy
5.1 Economic Instability
5.1.1 A Note on the Current Crisis
5.2 Environmental Degradation
5.2.1 Overpopulation
5.2.2 Food Scarcity
5.2.3 Pollution/Climate Change
5.3 Democracy (Lack Thereof)
5.3.1 A Note On Anticommunism
5.3.2 A Note On Liberty
5.3.3 A Note On Political Parties
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Chapter 6: Getting From Here to There
6.1 Economic Democracy as an Orienting Device
6.1.1 How the World Looked Then (2001)
6.1.2 How the World Looks Now (2011)
6.1.3 A Note on China
6.2 An Economic Democracy Reform Agenda
6.2.1 Democratizing Labor
6.2.2 Democratizing Capital
6.2.3 Toward Full Employment
6.2.4 Toward Fair Trade
6.2.5 Democratizing Democracy
6.3 From Reform to Revolution
6.3.1 Radical Quick
6.3.2 Somewhat Slower (With Concern This Time For Stockholders)
6.3.3 Slower Still (Without a Financial Meltdown)
6.4 A New Communism?
6.5 A New World
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