Progressive business: an intellectual history of the role of business in American society

Introduction : an intellectual history of American market reformers and their critics

O Father, where art thou: the spirit of paternalistic capitalism in the age of the First Great Transformation (1870s-1900)

A corporation lives in society : the invention of managerial capitalism in the age of the New Deal (1930s-1960s)

The new man wants your soul : critiquing managerial capitalism (1945-1960s)

How to do well and do good : the spirit of entrepreneurial capitalism in the age of the Second Great Transformation (1970s-2000s)

Corporations are not set up to be charities : critiquing entrepreneurial capitalism (1900s-2000s)

Conclusion : progressive business and its critics in retrospect.

List of Tables. Definition of market reformism (progressive business)

Market reformism in the First Great Transformation (c.1870-1900)

Rival views on social protection in the First Great Transformation (c.1870-1900)

Market reformism in the New Deal era (c.1930-70)

Two ideal types representing the relationship between individual and organization

Rival views on social protection in the New Deal era (c.1930-70)

Market reformism in the Second Great Transformation (c.1990-2000s)

Rival views on social protection in the Second Great Transformation (c.1900-2000s)

Comparing market reformism in the First Great Transformation, the New Deal era, and Second Great Transformation

Comparing leftist critiques of market reformism in the First Great Transformation, the New Deal era, and the Second Great Transformation.