"A well-known radical political economist, Michael D. Yates spent decades teaching and analyzing capitalism. But what do the theories that informed his scholarship have to say about the rest of his life experience? What does it mean to be born into the working class? What happens when, as Yates did, you leave it? This book explores the complexities of identity under capitalism— youth, work, alienation, risk and redemption—telling tales of gambling and Caesar Chavez along the way."

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