"Gordon's most original contribution to the literature on corporate influence on the New Deal is developed in his discussion of labor policy....Gordon gives us a much better understanding of the complexities of business' relationship with the New Deal." Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, Business History Review

• Acknowledgments; Abbreviations used in text and notes; Introduction; 1. Rethinking the New Deal: the logic and limits of the American political economy; 2. Competition and collective action: business condition and business strategies, 1920–1932; 3. Workers organising capitalists: regulatory unionism in American industry, 1920–1932; 4. The limits of associationalism: business organisation and disorganisation, 1920–1932; 5. The National Recovery Act: the political economy of business organisation, 1933–1935; 6. The Wagner Act: the political economy of labour relations, 1933–1937; 7. The Social Security Act: the political economy of welfare capitalism, 1920–1935; 8. New Deal, old deck: business, labour, and politics after 1935; Notes; Bibliographical essay; Manuscript collections.

"Gordon's most original contribution to the literature on corporate influence on the New Deal is developed in his discussion of labor policy....Gordon gives us a much better understanding of the complexities of business' relationship with the New Deal." Elizabeth Fones-Wolf, Business History Review

• Acknowledgments; Abbreviations used in text and notes; Introduction; 1. Rethinking the New Deal: the logic and limits of the American political economy; 2. Competition and collective action: business condition and business strategies, 1920–1932; 3. Workers organising capitalists: regulatory unionism in American industry, 1920–1932; 4. The limits of associationalism: business organisation and disorganisation, 1920–1932; 5. The National Recovery Act: the political economy of business organisation, 1933–1935; 6. The Wagner Act: the political economy of labour relations, 1933–1937; 7. The Social Security Act: the political economy of welfare capitalism, 1920–1935; 8. New Deal, old deck: business, labour, and politics after 1935; Notes; Bibliographical essay; Manuscript collections.