Immanuel Wallerstein is Senior Research Scholar at Yale and founder of the Fernand Braudel Center at Binghamton University. Randall Collins is Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology University of Pennsylvania and former President of American Sociological Association. Michael Mann teaches sociology at UCLA. Georgi Derluguian teaches Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi.Craig Calhoun is Director of the London School of Economics.

• COLLECTIVE INTRODUCTION: "THE NEXT BIG TURN" ; 1. IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, "STRUCTURAL CRISIS, OR WHY CAPITALISTS MAY NO LONGER FIND CAPITALISM REWARDING" ; 2. RANDALL COLLINS, "THE END OF MIDDLE-CLASS WORK: NO MORE ESCAPES" ; 3. MICHAEL MANN, "THE END MAY BE NIGH, BUT FOR WHOM?" ; 4. GEORGI DERLUGUIAN, "WHAT COMMUNISM WAS" ; 5. CRAIG CALHOUN, "WHAT THREATENS CAPITALISM NOW?" ; COLLECTIVE CONCLUSION: "GETTING REAL"

Finally, a book that will make a difference! Five eminent scholars put together their collective wisdom and their many disagreements to open up a free-wheeling conversation on one of the most important questions of our time: the future of this economic system we call capitalism. This should be mandatory reading for every college student in the world, not because it furnishes the answers but because it opens up all the most important questions.

Immanuel Wallerstein is Senior Research Scholar at Yale and founder of the Fernand Braudel Center at Binghamton University. Randall Collins is Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology University of Pennsylvania and former President of American Sociological Association. Michael Mann teaches sociology at UCLA. Georgi Derluguian teaches Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi.Craig Calhoun is Director of the London School of Economics.

• COLLECTIVE INTRODUCTION: "THE NEXT BIG TURN" ; 1. IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, "STRUCTURAL CRISIS, OR WHY CAPITALISTS MAY NO LONGER FIND CAPITALISM REWARDING" ; 2. RANDALL COLLINS, "THE END OF MIDDLE-CLASS WORK: NO MORE ESCAPES" ; 3. MICHAEL MANN, "THE END MAY BE NIGH, BUT FOR WHOM?" ; 4. GEORGI DERLUGUIAN, "WHAT COMMUNISM WAS" ; 5. CRAIG CALHOUN, "WHAT THREATENS CAPITALISM NOW?" ; COLLECTIVE CONCLUSION: "GETTING REAL"

Finally, a book that will make a difference! Five eminent scholars put together their collective wisdom and their many disagreements to open up a free-wheeling conversation on one of the most important questions of our time: the future of this economic system we call capitalism. This should be mandatory reading for every college student in the world, not because it furnishes the answers but because it opens up all the most important questions.

Immanuel Wallerstein is Senior Research Scholar at Yale and founder of the Fernand Braudel Center at Binghamton University. Randall Collins is Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology University of Pennsylvania and former President of American Sociological Association. Michael Mann teaches sociology at UCLA. Georgi Derluguian teaches Social Research and Public Policy at New York University Abu Dhabi.Craig Calhoun is Director of the London School of Economics.

• COLLECTIVE INTRODUCTION: "THE NEXT BIG TURN" ; 1. IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, "STRUCTURAL CRISIS, OR WHY CAPITALISTS MAY NO LONGER FIND CAPITALISM REWARDING" ; 2. RANDALL COLLINS, "THE END OF MIDDLE-CLASS WORK: NO MORE ESCAPES" ; 3. MICHAEL MANN, "THE END MAY BE NIGH, BUT FOR WHOM?" ; 4. GEORGI DERLUGUIAN, "WHAT COMMUNISM WAS" ; 5. CRAIG CALHOUN, "WHAT THREATENS CAPITALISM NOW?" ; COLLECTIVE CONCLUSION: "GETTING REAL"

Finally, a book that will make a difference! Five eminent scholars put together their collective wisdom and their many disagreements to open up a free-wheeling conversation on one of the most important questions of our time: the future of this economic system we call capitalism. This should be mandatory reading for every college student in the world, not because it furnishes the answers but because it opens up all the most important questions.