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Against the Market
David McNally
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Description for Against the Market
Paperback. The author develops a critique of market socialism by tracing it back to its roots in early political economy. He ranges from Adam Smith to Malthus and concludes with an incisive consideration of recent writers, such as Alec Nove. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPFC; JPFF; KCP; KCS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 316.
In this innovative book, David McNally develops a powerful critique of market socialism, by tracing it back to its roots in early political economy. He ranges from Adam Smith's attempt to reconcile moral philosophy with market economics to Malthus's reformulation of Smith's political economy which made it possible to justify poverty as a moral necessity. Smith's economic theory was also the source of an attempt to construct a critique of capitalism derived from his conception of free and equal exchange governed by natural price. This Smithian forerunner of today's market socialism sought to reform the market without abolishing the social ... Read more
In this innovative book, David McNally develops a powerful critique of market socialism, by tracing it back to its roots in early political economy. He ranges from Adam Smith's attempt to reconcile moral philosophy with market economics to Malthus's reformulation of Smith's political economy which made it possible to justify poverty as a moral necessity. Smith's economic theory was also the source of an attempt to construct a critique of capitalism derived from his conception of free and equal exchange governed by natural price. This Smithian forerunner of today's market socialism sought to reform the market without abolishing the social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860916062
SKU
V9780860916062
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About David McNally
David McNally is Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto. He is author of Political Economy and the Rise of Capitalism and Against the Market: Political Economy, Market Socialism and the Marxist Critique.
Reviews for Against the Market
By exposing the historical and theoretical roots of 'market socialism,' David McNally demonstrates in a particularly lucid and powerful way the fundamental flaws and contradictions in that concept.
Ellen Meiksins Wood
Ellen Meiksins Wood