October 1981 Issue, THE MONTHLY REVIEW

- Review of the Month, pp. 1-16
  The Deepening Crisis of U.S. Capitalism
- PCB, UE, and GE
  Ed Bloch
  , pp. 17-26
- The Corporate Stranglehold on Commodities Markets
  Frederick F. Clairmonte and John Cavanagh
  , pp. 27-41
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  History as Human Agency (Review)
  David Montgomery
  , pp. 42-49
  The Poverty of Theory, and Other Essays, by E.P. Thompson
  1. The Poverty of Theory, and Other Essays by E.P. Thompson
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  The Vicissitudes of the Dollar (Review)
  Michael Moffitt
  , pp. 50-58
  The Fate of the Dollar, by Martin Mayer
  1. The Fate of the Dollar by Martin Mayer
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  Mexico: Revolution and the State (Review)
  William Loeffler
  , pp. 59-62
  Mexico, 1910-1982: Reform or Revolution, by Donald Hodges and Ross Gandy
  1. Mexico, 1910-1982: Reform or Revolution by Donald Hodges and Ross Gandy
- The Consumer
  Marge Piercy
  , pp. 63-66