5. HIS CAPITAL FLUSH: DESPAIRING OVER WORK AND VALUE IN OBLIVION

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Note on the Texts vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. INTRODUCTION: A LIVING TRANSACTION: VALUE, GROUND, AND BALANCING BOOKS 1
6. 1. COME TO WORK: CAPITALIST FANTASIES AND THE QUEST FOR BALANCE IN THE BROOM OF THE SYSTEM 33
7. 2. NEW DEALS: (THE) DEPRESSION AND DEVALUATION IN THE EARLY STORIES 62
8. 3. DEI GRATIA : WORK ETHIC, GRACE, AND GIVING IN INFINITE JEST 88
9. 4. OTHER MATH: HUMAN COSTS, FRACTIONAL SELVES, AND NEOLIBERAL CRISIS IN BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN 135
10. 5. HIS CAPITAL FLUSH: DESPAIRING OVER WORK AND VALUE IN OBLIVION 167
11. 6. E PLURIBUS UNUM : RITUAL, CURRENCY, AND THE EMBODIED VALUES OF THE PALE KING 198
12. CONCLUSION: IN LINE FOR THE CASH REGISTER WITH WALLACE 244
13. Notes 253
14. Bibliography 287
15. Index 301