Historical information

The book describes itself as a "terse guide to such questions as, what causes unemployment, what causes war, what makes booms and slumps, what is socialism [and] what is capitalism."

Book index:

I. The Secret in the Pay Envelope
II. How the System Works
III. What They Get Out of It
IV. What It has Done to Us
V. Why It Stops Working
VI. Must we Die for It?
VII. What can we Put in its Place?
VIII. "I have Seen the Future, and It Works"
IX. What would Socialism be like Here?
X. How to Get There

Written and produced in Britain 1938.

Significance

Pertinent Britain's economy and work force in the 1930s. Observations about wages and employment.

Physical description

Softcover book.

Front cover: black and white background, red, white and black lettering.
Back cover: white background; black lettering.

Inscriptions & markings

Front cover: title and author's name.

Back cover: advertisement for the Left Book Club, London; International Bookshop Pty Ltd stamp.