Reddit mentions of The Future of Socialism

I've not read Marx, but I have studied politics in some depth. I'd point you in the direction of Bernstein;
http://www.amazon.com/Evolutionary-Socialism-Affirmation-Eduard-Bernstein/dp/1166460517/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302473320&sr=8-1
Who pointed out that Marx's predictions proved almost totally incorrect and how Capitalism had actually become more complex and differentiated; The ownership of wealth has widened with the introduction of stocks and shares, and the middle class has grown out of salaried employees, government officials and professional workers.

I'd then say that you should also read the works of Anthony Crosland;
http://www.amazon.com/Future-Socialism-Anthony-Crosland/dp/1845294858/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1302473356&sr=1-1
who gives theoretical substance to modern social democracy; He points out how a new class of managers, experts and technocrats have supplanted the old capitalist class and come to dominate all advanced industrial societies. Therefore the ownership of wealth has been divorced from its control, and therefore class exploitation (and by extension Marxism) is irrelevant in the modern world.