Wolfgang Streeck, The Marginalization of Labour, and the End of Supermodern Capitalism. Some Lessons for the Post-Socialist Situation

The article reconstructs Wolfgang Streeck’s thesis that capitalism is coming to an inglorious, painful, and slow end. It looks at how super modern capitalism both increasingly exploits labor and mounts successful attempts to free itself from its partial dependence on labor. In this context, post-socialist ultra neoliberal economies are to be seen as part of the vanguard of these processes.