Below is the cover of Doug's latest book, in two volumes, published by Common Courage Press. Excerpts are available here.

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Read the Table of Contents, Preface, Chapter 3, and the Epilogue from Doug's latest book, The U.S.A.: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed

Understanding Capitalism, Doug Dowd, Ed. (London: Pluto Press, July 2002)

And It's Each for Himself and God for All: Once More, U.S. Capitalism on a Rampage (Pacifica, Calif.: VaiVecchio Press, 2001)

Capitalism and Its Economics: A Critical History (London: Pluto Press, 2000)

Read Chapter 6, an excerpt from the book.

Against the Conventional Wisdom:  A Primer for Current Economic Controversies and Proposals (Boulder: Westview, 1997) Reviews

Blues for America: A Critique, A Lament, and Some Memories (NY Monthly Review Press, 1997)

U.S. Capitalist Development in the United States Since 1776:  Of, By, and For Which People (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1993)

The Waste of Nations: Dysfunction in the World Economy (Boulder: Westview, 1989)

The Twisted Dream: Capitalist Development in the United States Since 1776 (Cambridge: Winthrop, 1974, 1977) (Translated and published in Italy as Storia del Capitalismo Americano dal 1776 [Milan, Mazzotta, 1976])

With Mary Nichols, Step by Step (NY: Norton, 1965)

Ed. and contributor, America's Role in the World Economy (Boston, Heath, 1966)

Modern Economic Problems in Historical Perspective (Boston: Heath & Co., 1965). [In fact, Doug Dowd “published” this book himself for several years—first as mimeographed material for classes at Cornell, then printed up locally as “the little red book.” Through word of mouth, the little red book sold about 20,000 copies. Only then was picked up by Heath.]

Thorstein Veblen (NY: Washington Square Press, 1964; republished by Transaction Publishers, Piscataway, NJ, Oct. 2000)

Ed. and contributor, Thorstein Veblen: A Critical Reappraisal (Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1958; reissued by Greenwood Press, 1982)