Provocative and original - Schweickart attacks three conceptions of capitalism - the "classic liberal, the Keynesian liberal, and the post Kenesian. He explains the distinctions among models of capitalism, discusses their bearing on the capitalism- socialism controversy, and compares each to the strengths and weaknesses of self-managed socialism. Especially relevant with the emergence of Democratic Socialism today.

Capitalism or worker control?: An ethical and economic appraisal

Business & Money

Schweickart, David

Economics

Praeger

Capitalism or Worker Control?: An Ethical and Economic Appraisal

Against Capitalism

Routledge

Market Socialism: The Debate Among Socialist

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

Ollman, Bertell

Ticktin, Hillel

Lawler, James

This book is a completely rewritten version of the author's earlier Capitalism or Worker Control? (first published in 1980). Its central thesis is that, despite the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the break-up of the Soviet Union, capitalism cannot be justified on either economic or ethical grounds. There is in fact an alternative to capitalism that promises greater efficiency, and equality, and more rational growth, democracy and meaningful work. This alternative, Economic Democracy, is market socialism with decentralised investment planning and workplace democracy. Professor Schweickart compares this model with other models - laissez-faire conservatism, the Keynesian welfare state, and 'neo-liberalism' - and argues that it is really superior on every count. He also sketches out a possible transition from advanced capitalism, from what is left of the centrally planned economies, and from Third World underdevelopment, to Economic Democracy. The author concludes with some reflections on Marx's communism, as historical materialism, and on the future of Marxism.

Against Capitalism (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory)

Cambridge University Press

After Capitalism (New Critical Theory)

In After Capitalism, David Schweickart moves beyond the familiar arguments against globalizing capitalism to contribute something absolutely necessary and long overdue--a coherent vision of a viable, desirable alternative to capitalism. He names this system Economic Democracy, a successor-system to capitalism which preserves the efficiency strengths of a market economy while extending democracy to the workplace and to the structures of investment finance. Drawing on both theoretical and empirical research, Schweickart shows how and why this model is efficient, dynamic, and superior to capitalism along a range of values.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

In After Capitalism, David Schweickart moves beyond the familiar arguments against globalizing capitalism to contribute something absolutely necessary and long overdue--a coherent vision of a viable, desirable alternative to capitalism. He names this system Economic Democracy, a successor-system to capitalism which preserves the efficiency strengths of a market economy while extending democracy to the workplace and to the structures of investment finance. Drawing on both theoretical and empirical research, Schweickart shows how and why this model is efficient, dynamic, and superior to capitalism along a range of values.

Since first published in 2002, After Capitalism has offered students and political activists alike a coherent vision of a viable and desirable alternative to capitalism. David Schweickart calls this system Economic Democracy, a successor-system to capitalism which preserves the efficiency strengths of a market economy while extending democracy to the workplace and to the structures of investment finance. In the second edition, Schweickart recognizes that increased globalization of companies has created greater than ever interdependent economies and the debate about the desirability of entrepreneurship is escalating. The new edition includes a new preface, completely updated data, reorganized chapters, and new sections on the economic instability of capitalism, the current economic crisis, and China. Drawing on both theoretical and empirical research, Schweickart shows how and why this model is efficient, dynamic, and applicable in the world today.

Since first published in 2002, After Capitalism has offered students and political activists alike a coherent vision of a viable and desirable alternative to capitalism. David Schweickart calls this system Economic Democracy, a successor-system to capitalism which preserves the efficiency strengths of a market economy while extending democracy to the workplace and to the structures of investment finance. In the second edition, Schweickart recognizes that increased globalization of companies has created greater than ever interdependent economies and the debate about the desirability of entrepreneurship is escalating. The new edition includes a new preface, completely updated data, reorganized chapters, and new sections on the economic instability of capitalism, the current economic crisis, and China. Drawing on both theoretical and empirical research, Schweickart shows how and why this model is efficient, dynamic, and applicable in the world today.

After Capitalism

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Capitalism or worker control?: An ethical and economic appraisal

Capitalism or Worker Control?: An Ethical and Economic Appraisal

Against Capitalism

Market Socialism: The Debate Among Socialist

Against Capitalism (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory)

After Capitalism (New Critical Theory)

After Capitalism (New Critical Theory)

After Capitalism (New Critical Theory)

After Capitalism (New Critical Theory)

After Capitalism