The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism

This text explores how the very success of capitalist societies helps to bring about social changes that threaten the viability of the economic order itself. It... » 

This text explores how the very success of capitalist societies helps to bring about social changes that threaten the viability of the economic order itself. It argues that capitalism creates a need among successful people for the inner personal fulfilment that serves to corrode the work ethic. «