Author: Erik Olin Wright

The idea of class interest-the set of social objectives of a given class-has been well explored in socialist thought. But what about the ability to...

Rising inequality of income and power, along with recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capi...

Capitalism has transformed the world and increased our productivity, but at the cost of enormous human suffering. Our shared values-equality and fa...

Questions of class, power and distribution have reemerged as central concerns in the public discourse. When we talk about class, we don't always kn...

What would a viable free and democratic society look like? Poverty, exploitation, instability, hierarchy, subordination, environmental exhaustion, ...

Erik Olin Wright, one of the most important sociologists of his time, takes readers along on his intimate and brave journey toward death, and asks ...

Democracy means rule by the people, but in practice even the most robust democracies delegate most rule making to a political classThe gap between ...

In American Society: How It Really Works, esteemed scholars Erik Olin Wright and Joel Rogers pull back the curtain on the complex inner workings of...