Write an essay explaining the significance of the shrinking marketplace, conglomerates, multinational corporations, and the "global factory."

Write an essay on the concentration of corporate power and wealth in American society today.

Trace the development of work in corporate America, from manufacturing to services.

Write an essay discussing the problem of unemployment in the United States. Be sure to mention frictional unemployment, permanent displacement, the "invisible" unemployed, the "discouraged" worker, the consequences of unemployment, and the "underground economy."

Explain the relationship between automation and worker alienation.

Explain the relationship between possessions, self-expression, and debt entanglement in American society.