RICHARD ALTSCHULER, Ph.D., has taught courses on sociological theory, statistics, and research methods in the sociology departments of Temple University, New York University, and Queens College. He is the editor of The Living Legacy of Marx, Durkheim & Weber, Volumes 1 and 2 (Gordian Knot Books), among other sociology books; coauthor of Sociology: An Introduction (Harcourt Brace), Open Reality (G.P. Putnam's Sons), and IC: An Introductory Exposition of Infinite Capitalism (Little, Brown); and author of many articles on sociological topics. For the past decade, he has presided over the publishing division of Richard Altschuler & Associates, Inc., which has published numerous books by notable scholars in the social, psychological, and health sciences.