TY  - GEN
AB  - 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.
AU  - Auerbach, Paul,
CN  - HX73
ID  - 762859
KW  - Socialism.
KW  - Economics
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-137-56396-5
N2  - 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.
SN  - 9781137563965
SN  - 1137563966
T1  - Socialist optimism :an alternative political economy for the twenty-first century /
TI  - Socialist optimism :an alternative political economy for the twenty-first century /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-137-56396-5
ER  -