Beyond Marx and the Market: Outcomes of a Century of Economic Experimentation

This book presents an unbiased assessment of the respective merits and demerits of the variety of capitalist and socialist economic systems as they have existed in the 20th century. In non-technical language, the author provides a lucid overview of capitalism, social democracy, Marxism-Leninism and their different variations, placing each into its historical context. The author does not inundate the reader with facts, but rather helps the reader explore contrasting arguments at the more fundamental level of philosophical issues and ideology. The books aims to clarify thinking about appropriate economic institutions at a time when the Soviet socialist model has been discredited and yet the capitalist model has failed to overcome poverty, economic marginalization, resource depletion and ecological deterioration.

Business & Money

Nurnberger, Klaus

Economics

Zed Books

<p>This book presents an unbiased assessment of the respective merits and demerits of the variety of capitalist and socialist economic systems as they have existed in the 20th century. In non-technical language, the author provides a lucid overview of capitalism, social democracy, Marxism-Leninism and their different variations, placing each into its historical context. The author does not inundate the reader with facts, but rather helps the reader explore contrasting arguments at the more fundamental level of philosophical issues and ideology. The books aims to clarify thinking about appropriate economic institutions at a time when the Soviet socialist model has been discredited and yet the capitalist model has failed to overcome poverty, economic marginalization, resource depletion and ecological deterioration.<br></p>

This book stands out amid the many works critical of mainstream economics for its author’s reader-friendly intention to make accessible the problems of how countries in the South can develop successfully, what to do about social injustice and poverty, and the global environmental destruction that is proceeding apace. Klaus Nürnberger has transcended his background as an economist to present a holistic analysis of the human and environmental failings of our current market economy. He draws on recent thinking in a variety of disciplines, and his arguments relate both to political economy and to people’s worldviews.

Prosperity, Poverty and Pollution: The Emergence of Global Economic Responsibility

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Cluster Publications

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Beyond Marx and the Market: Outcomes of a Century of Economic Experimentation

Beyond Marx and the Market: Outcomes of a Century of Economic Experimentation

Prosperity, Poverty and Pollution: The Emergence of Global Economic Responsibility

Prosperity, Poverty and Pollution: The Emergence of Global Economic Responsibility

Prosperity, Poverty and Pollution: Managing the Approaching Crisis