The Dignity of Labour. Jon Cruddas

      

CONTENTS

      1  Cover

      2  Endorsement

      3  Dedication

      4  Title Page

      5  Copyright

      6  Preface

      7  Acknowledgements

      8  About the Author

      9  Prologue Notes

      10  1 Work and the Modern World Politics and Belonging Degradation Authoritarian Populism The Challenge The End of Work? Pragmatic Confusion Then Worked Stopped The Way Ahead Notes

      11  Part I The Economics of Labour 2 The Labour Problem Dagenham and the 17 Post-war Pluralism Classical Economics and the Labour Problem Disease The Cure The Corporate State Rethinking Made in Dagenham 1969 Notes 3 Miracle Cures Stepping Stones Neo-Classical Theory Shock Doctrine Unity Unity in Dagenham Miracle Cure? Notes 4 New Labour Neo-Classical Labour? Donovan’s Early Influence Treasury Utility Rights, Equality and Europe Blair Knowledge Work Closing-Down Sale – Everything Must Go Blair and Brown United Ignored Not Wiped Out The ‘Labour Problem’ Notes 5 A Return to Marx Modern Utopia Value Theory Work and Marxism Reading Marx Notes

      12  Part II The Ethics of Labour 6 Dignity Dagenham Labour The Public Philosopher Comes to Town What Is Work? Early Dagenham Capitalism Dignity Talking Heads Notes 7 What Do We Think and What’s Going to Happen? ‘Technology Is not Destiny’ Notes 8 Justice and the Left Three Speeches Politics, Morality and Justice Rethinking Socialism A Different Marxism A Different Labour Rethinking the Oxford School Footnote: Tony Blair – The Road Not Taken Notes 9 Human Labour and Radical Hope A Culture Dies Radical Hope The Political Interregnum The Right