pt. 1. The Investment Theory of Party CompetitionIntroduction. Politics, Social Science, and the Golden Rule: Reading the Handwriting on the Wall. 1. Party Realignment and American Industrial Structure: The Investment Theory of Political Parties in Historical Perspective -- pt. 2. Studies in the Logic of Money-Driven Political Systems. 2. From 'Normalcy' to New Deal: Industrial Structure, Party Competition, and American Public Policy in the Great Depression. 3. Monetary Policy, Loan Liquidation, and Industrial Conflict: The Federal Reserve and the Open Market Operations of 1932 (with Gerald Epstein). 4. Industrial Structure and Party Competition in the New Deal: A Quantitative Assessment. 5. By Invitation Only: Party Competition and Industrial Structure in the 1988 Election. 6. 'Real Change'? 'Organized Capitalism, ' Fiscal Policy, and the 1992 Election -- Conclusion. Money and Destiny in Advanced Capitalism: Paying the Piper, Calling the Tune.