Socialist Economic Systems
Title | Socialist Economic Systems PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Rosefielde |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023 |
Genre | Economic policy |
ISBN | 9781032443188 |
"Bernie Sanders' socialist advocacy in the United States, communist China's economic successes and a Marxist revival are inspiring many to muse about improved strategies for building superior socialist futures. Socialist Economic Systems provides an objective record of socialism's promises and performance 1820-2022, identifies a feasible path forward and provides a rigorous analytic framework for the comparison of economic systems. The book opens by surveying pre-industrial utopias from Plato to Thomas More, and libertarian communal designs for superior living. It plumbs all aspects of the revolutionary and democratic socialist political movements that emerged after 1870 and considers the comparative economic, political and social performance of the USSR and others from the Bolshevik Revolution onwards. The book also provides case studies for all revolutionary Marxist-Leninist regimes, and supplementary discussions of Mondragon cooperatives, Israeli kibbutzim, Nordic corporatism, and European democratic socialism. It investigates the theoretical and practical complexities of command-planning, reform communism, market communism, worker economic management and egalitarianism. It examines communism as an engine of economic growth, and a mechanism for improving people's quality of existence, including living standards, labor self-governance, egalitarianism, social justice, and prevention of crimes against humanity before addressing the perennial question of what needs to be done next. A suggested path forward is elaborated drawing lessons from the warts-and-all historical performance of socialist economies 1917-2022 and failed socialist prophesy. The evidence indicates that the key to 21st century socialism success lies in empowering workers of all descriptions to govern democratically for their mutual protection and welfare without the extraneous imposition of priorities imposed by other movements. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in Socialism, political economy, comparative economic systems and political and social history"--
A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism
Title | A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism PDF eBook |
Author | Hans-Hermann Hoppe |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2013-06-29 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9401578494 |
The Socialist System
Title | The Socialist System PDF eBook |
Author | Janos Kornai |
Publisher | Clarendon Press |
Pages | 676 |
Release | 1992-05-28 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0191521604 |
This book provides a comprehensive account of the structure, conduct, and performance of the centrally planned economies of Eastern Europe, the USSR, Communist China and the Marxist LDCs, looking at 26 nations in all. The author focuses on reform, perhaps the most important issue facing countries such as the USSR, Poland, Hungary, and China. Bureaucracy, soft budget constraints, markets, and the nature of the socialist state are the central issues that arise in the course of reforming a socialist economy. The first half of the book deals with 'classical socialism' and provides a theoretical summary of the main features of a now closed period of history. The second half deals with the processes of reform and concludes that the reform of classical socialist systems is doomed to failure as they are unable to renew themselves internally.
Consistency and Viability of Socialist Economic Systems
Title | Consistency and Viability of Socialist Economic Systems PDF eBook |
Author | J. Marangos |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2013-07-03 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1137327251 |
Economic systems and the reforms processes examined in Consistency and Viability of Socialist Economics Systems are the centrally administered socialist economics system of the Soviet Union, the Liberman-Kosygin reforms, the Gorbachev reforms and market socialism of Yugoslavia.
The Socialist System
Title | The Socialist System PDF eBook |
Author | János Kornai |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 675 |
Release | 1992-04-12 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0691003939 |
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of socialist economics. It addresses the reasons for the early successes of socialist systems, and the reasons for their gradual breakdown.
The Economic System in a Socialist State
Title | The Economic System in a Socialist State PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Lowe Hall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Comparative Socialist Systems
Title | Comparative Socialist Systems PDF eBook |
Author | Carmelo Mesa-Lago |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Pre |
Pages | 467 |
Release | 2010-11-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0822975254 |
"The editors have merged work from two disciplines, economics and political science; in a summary conclusion, a sociologist suggests possible extensions in the comparison of socialist systems for the future. . . . contributes generously to the field."—Slavic Review