London: Socialist Book Centre, 1946.

First separate edition. Eighteen page booklet (including paper covers) commenting on James Burnham's book, 'The Managerial Revolution' the central tenet of which is that capitalism is disappearing, but socialism is not replacing it, rather a new kind of planned, centralised society which is neither capitalist or democratic, rather run and exploited by the new rulers of control the means of production. Original red and white spotted wrappers, spine rubbed with short split at the bottom. Pages embrowned due to poor quality of the wartime stock. Essay first published in the philosophical journal 'Polemic 3' under the title 'Second Thoughts on James Burnham'.