Brings together leading scholars to offer competing perspectives on capitalism's past incarnations, present conditions, and possible futures. Some contributors reassess classic theorizations of capitalism in light of recent trends. Others examine Marx's writings, unemployment, hoarding, capitalist realism, and coyote (trickster) capitalism, among many other topics.

KENNAN FERGUSON is an associate professor of political theory at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he also directs the Center for 21st Century Studies. He is the author or coeditor of several books including All in the Family: On Community and Incommensurability. PATRICE PETRO is a professor of English and film studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she also serves as Vice Provost and Director of the Center for International Education. She is the author, editor, or coeditor of eleven books, including Idols of Modernity: Movie Stars of the 1920s and Rethinking Global Security: Media, Popular Culture, and the 'War on Terror' (both by Rutgers University Press).