HARRY F. DAHMS has been Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida State University in Tallahassee since 1993, where he teaches courses in social theory and economic sociology. He received his Ph.D in sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York in 1993 and his M.A. in sociology, economics and statistics at the University of Konstanz, Germany, in 1986. He has written numerous articles on capitalism and social theory.