@article{762859,
      author = {Auerbach, Paul,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/762859},
      title = {Socialist optimism : an alternative political economy for  the twenty-first century /},
      abstract = {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.},
      recid = {762859},
      pages = {1 online resource},
}