Wolff shows why and how to make democratic workplaces real. He speaks to those who realize that capitalism economics and politics as usual have become intolerable and who seek a concrete action program.

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Introduction --Capitalism in deep trouble. -- Capitalism and crises ; -- Crisis and government response ; -- Crises, forms of capitalism, and beyond -- What is to be done? -- The major problems of private capitalisms ; -- The major problems of state capitalism -- Workers' self-directed enterprises as a cure. -- What "self-directed" means ; -- How WSDEs work internally ; -- Property ownership, markets, planning, and the efficiency myth ; -- Economic and political democracy ; -- WSDEs in modern societies ; -- Program and personnel for increasing WSDEs -- Conclusion.