The Third Place

Preface to the First Edition

Introduction: Training for Political-Economic Statecraft

On Technology and Educational Systems
Beyond the Gates of Tomorrow’s Yesterday

Section One: Expanded Concepts of the Work-Standard

Applications of Reciprocal Theory of Value and Work Theory of Money (Pt. I of II)
Applications of Reciprocal Theory of Value and Work Theory of Money (Pt. II of II)
Cooperatives
Small Businesses
MTEP and the Tournament
Council Democracy at the Workspace (Pt. I of III)
Council Democracy at the Workspace (Pt. II of III)
Council Democracy at the Workspace (Pt. III of III)
The Social Ranking System
The Significance of “Work-from-Home”

Section Two: Kitchens and Letters

On “Council States” and “Corporate States”
Mass Advertising and Mass Media Applications
Workshops
Department Stores
Supermarkets
Second-Hand and Antique Stores
On Intellectual Property
Abolition of Rents and Mortgages
Higher Education of Central Planners and State Commissariats (Pt. I of II)
Higher Education of Central Planners and State Commissariats (Pt. II of II)
Household Appliances (Pt. I of II)
Household Appliances (Pt. II of II)

Section Three: The First Place

Dealing with the Wealthy (Pt. I of II)
Dealing with the Wealthy (Pt. II of II)
The Wealthy’s Interfaces with the SSE
Modes of Transportation (Pt. I of III)
Modes of Transportation (Pt. II of III)
Modes of Transportation (Pt. IIII of III)
Suburbia and its Compatibility with MTEP
State Investments in Construction and Land Development
Construction of Residential Areas
Are There Two American Dreams?

Section Four: The Second Place

Youth Countercultures and Student Economies
General Overview of the SSE
On Citizenship
On Human Consciousness (Pt. I of II)
On Human Consciousness (Pt. II of II)
The Interpersonal Compact Form
Historical Case Studies for the SSE (Pt. I of III)
Historical Case Studies for the SSE (Pt. II of III)
Historical Case Studies for the SSE (Pt. III of III)

Section Five: The Third Place

Defining the Third Place
MTEP and the Gaming Industry
The Shopping Mall and American Suburbia
Applying MTEP in Shopping Citadels and Arenas
The Mechanization Rate in MTEP
Vacant Spaces and Dead Malls
The Cottage Industry and Shopping Citadel
Foreign Enterprises and the Shopping Citadel
Youth Palaces
On Heroic Realism
On Economic Foreignization

Conclusion: Realizing the Work-Standard

Appendix: Commanding Heights of Powerball Gambits