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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254883403321

Autore

Auerbach Paul

Titolo

Socialist Optimism : An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century / / by Paul Auerbach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-56396-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 522 p.)

Disciplina

335

Soggetti

Macroeconomics

Economic policy

Economic history

Schools of economics

Education—Economic aspects

Political economy

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

Economic Policy

Economic History

Heterodox Economics

Education Economics

International Political Economy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.