Pt. I. He who laughs last - employment in Europe and the United States, 1979-2003
3. new economy lives ... in America
4. Europe's sluggishness - a chosen lot
5. America's golden '90s - was it all just hype?
6. misery desperately longing for justification
Pt. II. United States : myths, half-truths, and reality
7. "Living standards are declining"
8. "For everything else, there's MasterCard"
9. "Poverty is on the rise"
10. "Just a bunch of McJobs"
11. "Moms need to work, too"
12. "Three jobs needed to survive"
13. "Unemployed behind bars"
14. "The doctor won't see them now ..."
Pt. III. Unequal and unjust
15. Income inequality - tectonic shifts or what?
16. And the culprit is ... progress
17. Mass unemployment - the mother of all injustices
18. Inequality in education - the grandmother of all injustices
20. Better securely unemployed than insecurely employed?