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Socialist Optimism: An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century
Paul Auerbach
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Description for Socialist Optimism: An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century
Paperback. Socialist Optimism offers an alternative political economy for the twenty-first century - a rigorous, detailed blueprint focused upon the education and upbringing of children in the context of social equality and household security. It gives a unity and direction to progressive policies that are otherwise seen to be a form of pragmatic tinkering. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1 figures. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
522
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137563958
SKU
V9781137563958
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Ref
99-15
About Paul Auerbach
Paul Auerbach received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, USA, and has been Reader in Economics at Kingston University, UK, since 1990. He has published work in academic journals such as the Journal of Economic Surveys and the Journal of Economic Issues as well as the New Left Review, and is the author of Competition: The Economics of Industrial ... Read more
Reviews for Socialist Optimism: An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century
Auerbach (Kingston Univ., UK) begins with a blunt description of present-day capitalism as a system of instability and dysfunction, producing inequality, unemployment, and diminishing prospects. Socialist Optimism offers an alternative vision for the future, one that rejects free-market neoliberalism, Keynesian managed capitalism, and traditional concepts of socialism as central planning. ... It offers a pathway into the future that is ... Read more