Socialist Optimism An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty First Century 1st Edition by Paul 1137563966 9781137563965

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• ISBN 10:  1137563966
• ISBN 13:  9781137563965
• Author:  Paul

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:

Part I  Socialism and Central Planning

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

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

11  Education in a Free Society

12  Equality and Democratic Control

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