The Forest and the Trees

"By now, these trends have created an 'industrial reserve army,' to borrow a term from Karl Marx—so large that a quite extraordinary and prolonged surge in output would be required to put all its members to full-time, well-paid work." —Time, November 22, 1993This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.