This volume advocates pragmatic market socialism and offers a penetrating critique of the entire range of capitalist apologetics. As James A. Yunker envisions it, market socialism would virtually duplicate the everyday economic functions of market capitalist economies, such as the United States, but with public ownership of large, established corporations, profits being distributed among the entire labour force. Pragmatic market socialism would be a means of enhancing economic justice and fairness without sacrificing the efficiency advantages of free enterprise and the market economy. Yunker presents both theoretical and empirical evidence countering various widely-accepted justifications for capitalism. He argues that much of what passes for anti-socialist thought does not actually address socialism at all, but rather the various historical correlates of socialism such as the Communist one-party state, Soviet-style central planning, or the Scandinavian welfare state. This book may be of interest to economists specializing in comparative economic systems and political scientists with an interest in the evolution of political/economic systems.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
ABC-Clio
ISBN-13
9780275941345
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95855064
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Political Science
Author
James A. Yunker
Publication Name
Socialism Revised and Modernized: the Case for Pragmatic Market Socialism
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Politics
Publication Year
1992
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
360 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
James A. Yunker
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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