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1. 1. The Pursuit Of Attention

   Power and Ego in Everyday Life

   

   A sociological critique that shows how modern life is organized around a competitive scramble for scarce attention, in which individuals, media, corporations, and political elites promote self-promotion, spectacle, and consumption to capture and convert attention into social and economic power; this dynamic fosters insecurity, narcissistic behavior, and weakened personal ties, and the author calls for structural and cultural shifts toward more democratic, empathic practices—cultivating genuine listening, community, and solidarity—to counteract the corrosive attention economy.

2. 2. Marx's Ghost

   

   Using Marx’s analysis as a diagnostic tool rather than a dogma, the book argues that contemporary capitalism’s concentration of corporate power, rising inequality, and environmental destruction reveal limits that require more democratic, collective alternatives; it reads Marx as a living critique to explain how market imperatives erode community and democracy and to justify rebuilding economic life through expanded public goods, worker and community control, grassroots movements, and incremental “stepping-stone” strategies toward a more egalitarian, ecological socialism.

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3. 3. Dying For Capitalism

   

   This book argues that the rise of corporate power and an ethos of radical individualism have reshaped work and society in ways that damage health, relationships, and democratic life: through downsizing, longer hours, job insecurity, and the erosion of community and collective protections, people face increased stress, illness, and social isolation while corporate priorities concentrate wealth and political influence, undermining civic participation and the common good; the author documents these trends and calls for renewed collective action and democratic reforms to protect workers, families, and social solidarity.

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4. 4. People Before Profit

   

   A forceful critique of how contemporary economic and political systems subordinate public well‑being to corporate profit, tracing the social, economic and democratic harms of neoliberal globalization and militarized policy; it argues for a shift to people‑centered priorities through strengthened community ties, democratic control of the economy, public investment in social needs, and grassroots organizing, presenting practical alternatives and strategies for rebuilding a more equitable, democratic society that puts human needs before corporate gain.

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5. 5. Corporation Nation

   How Corporations Are Taking Over Our Lives and What We Can Do About It

   

   A trenchant critique that argues corporate power has seeped into every corner of American life, transforming politics, media, workplaces, and culture by privileging market values over democratic and public goods; it documents how privatization, corporate lobbying, and consumer-driven identities hollow out institutions and concentrate wealth, and it urges strengthened regulation, grassroots organizing, and renewed civic engagement as paths to reclaim public life.

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