Auerbach Socialist Optimism

An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-56396-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 522 Seiten

Reihe: Economics and Finance (R0)

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.   



Paul Auerbach received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, USA. He is Reader in Economics at Kingston University, UK.    

Autoren/Hrsg.

Auerbach, Paul