Socialist Optimism, An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century, by Paul Auerbach
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Socialist Optimism, An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century, by Paul Auerbach
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non fiction
Main title
Socialist Optimism
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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946358253
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by Paul Auerbach
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Springer eBooks.
Sub title
An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century
Summary
Paul Auerbach's Socialist Optimism offers an alternative political economy for the twenty-first century. Present-day capitalism has generated growing inequality of income and wealth, persistent high levels of unemployment and ever-diminishing prospects for young people. But in the absence of a positive vision of how society and the economy might develop in the future, the present trajectory of capitalism will never be derailed, no matter how acute the critique of present-day developments. The detailed blueprint presented here focuses upon the education and upbringing of children in the context of social equality and household security. It yields a well-defined path to human development and liberation, as well as democratic control of working life and public affairs. Socialism as human development gives a unity and direction to progressive policies that are otherwise seen to be a form of pragmatic tinkering in the context of a pervasive capitalist reality
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- PART I: Socialism and Central Planning -- Introduction to Part I -- 1. Planning and Spontaneous Order -- 2. The Giant Firm and the Plan -- 3. Technocratic Planning and the Emergence of a Socialist Orthodoxy -- 4. Socialist Theory and Practice -- 5. Ironies of History: Markets, Planning and Competition -- PART II: Human and Economic Development -- Introduction to Part II -- 6. Education and Economic Growth: The Statistical and Historical Record -- 7. Education as a Social Process -- 8. The Working and Living Environment -- 9. The US as Exemplar and Paradigm -- 10. Economic Growth and Inequality -- PART III Socialism and Human Possibilities -- Introduction to Part III -- 11. Education in a Free Society -- 12. Equality and Democratic Control -- Conclusion Bibliography
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