Download or read book Alternative Models of Socialist Economic Systems written by Kálmán Pécsi and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alternative Political Economy Models of Transition written by John Marangos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collapse of centrally administered socialism in Russia and Eastern Europe resulted in what is commonly referred to as the transition problem: the transformation from a centrally administered socialist economic system to one that is market-based. Economic science has been faced with the challenge of developing an appropriate body of analysis, advice, and direction to help other nations that may be undergoing this process. In this volume, John Marangos adopts a political economy approach that yields alternative models of transition. The volume develops transition models from what Marangos defines as the primary elements of six variables: (1) economic analysis; (2) definitions of the Good Society; (3) speed of transition; (4) political structure; (5) ideological structure; and (6) initial conditions. The models developed include: the shock therapy model, the neoclassical gradualist model of transition, the post Keynesian model, the pluralistic market, the socialist model, and the non-pluralistic market socialist model. After identifying the primary elements of each transition model, Marangos considers the elements of each model with respect to the desirable reforms. An essential element of the transition process is not only to identify the necessary reforms but also a sequence in which the reforms should be introduced. For each transition model developed in this book, a set of primary and secondary elements were provided in conjunction with a sequence of reforms. Analyzing the transition problem from a political economy perspective, Marangos shows that it is possible to have inconsistencies within each transition model and between transition models yet be able to identify the potential for implementation and maintenance of necessary reforms each model recommends. This volume contributes to the understanding of the process of transition, with the objective of identifying an optimal model of transition.
Download or read book Alternative Political Economy Models of Transition written by Marangos and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Semisocialism an Alternative Government and Economic System Updated January 2013 written by Keith B. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many find it hard to fathom how the world could possibly combine the advantages of a socialist-based socioeconomic system with those of a market-based system. This book illustrates clearly how this could?and why it should?be done. Plus! It also lists a complete governmental model capable of administering the semisocialist system. Semisocialism is the socialist distribution of the necessities and capitalist/free-market distribution of the non-essentials. It is a governmental system that: 1) accommodates the needs of the people. 2) orchestrates fair land, resource, and economic distribution. 3) maintains a very stable national employment structure. 4) prevents special-interest domination. 5) makes environmental preservation highly profitable. 6) strategically guides society toward advanced capabilities. ...an economic system that: 1) highly motivates creativity. 2) allows ever-increasing commercial profitability to coexist with an ever-decreasing cost of living. 3) incorporates a banking system of good-interest savings and low-interest loans. 4) eliminates the need for individual tax management. 5) diminishes the need for corrective national fiscal action. Unless the resources of the globe are distributed equitably, the world will never be at peace.
Download or read book Socialism and Capitalism Alternative Theories written by Stacey Compton and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socialism and capitalism are two opposing economic and political systems. These two systems majorly differ in the scope of government intervention within the economy. In capitalism, the means of production is owned and controlled by individuals or private groups. Production and consumer prices under capitalism are based on free market conditions, which rely on supply and demand. Under socialism, the means of production are publicly owned, either through cooperatives or the government. A socialist economy is called a planned economy. Production and prices are controlled by the government to meet the needs of the people. Most countries that exist today are mixed economies that fall somewhere between pure capitalism and pure socialism. This book covers in detail some existent theories and innovative concepts revolving around these two economic systems. Its aim is to present alternative theories on socialism and capitalism. This book is a vital tool for all researching or studying the economic theories as it gives incredible insights into emerging trends and concepts.
Download or read book Can Socialism Learn written by Ole Nørgaard and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alternatives to Capitalism written by Robin Hahnel and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would a viable free and democratic society look like? Poverty, exploitation, instability, hierarchy, subordination, environmental exhaustion, radical inequalities of wealth and power—it is not difficult to list capitalism’s myriad injustices. But is there a preferable and workable alternative? Alternatives to Capitalism: Proposals for a Democratic Economy presents a debate between two such possibilities: Robin Hahnel’s “participatory economics” and Erik Olin Wright’s “real utopian” socialism. It is a detailed and rewarding discussion that illuminates a range of issues and dilemmas of crucial importance to any serious effort to build a better world.
Download or read book The Socialist Economy written by Benjamin N. Ward and published by New York, Random House. This book was released on 1967 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Is Capitalism Obsolete written by Giacomo Corneo and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After communism collapsed in the former Soviet Union, capitalism seemed to many observers like the only game in town, and questioning it became taboo for academic economists. But the financial crisis, chronic unemployment, and the inexorable rise of inequality have resurrected the question of whether there is a feasible and desirable alternative to capitalism. Against this backdrop of growing disenchantment, Giacomo Corneo presents a refreshingly antidogmatic review of economic systems, taking as his launching point a fictional argument between a daughter indignant about economic injustice and her father, a professor of economics. Is Capitalism Obsolete? begins when the daughter’s angry complaints prompt her father to reply that capitalism cannot responsibly be abolished without an alternative in mind. He invites her on a tour of tried and proposed economic systems in which production and consumption obey noncapitalistic rules. These range from Plato’s Republic to diverse modern models, including anarchic communism, central planning, and a stakeholder society. Some of these alternatives have considerable strengths. But daunting problems arise when the basic institutions of capitalism—markets and private property—are suppressed. Ultimately, the father argues, all serious counterproposals to capitalism fail to pass the test of economic feasibility. Then the story takes an unexpected turn. Father and daughter jointly come up with a proposal to gradually transform the current economic system so as to share prosperity and foster democratic participation. An exceptional combination of creativity and rigor, Is Capitalism Obsolete? is a sorely needed work about one of the core questions of our times.
Download or read book First Models of the Socialist Economic Systems written by László Szamuely and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Varieties of Alternative Economic Systems written by Richard Westra and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this age of overlapping and mutually reinforcing deep global crises (financial convulsions, global warming, mass migrations, militarism, inequality, selfish nation-states, etc.), there needs to be more realistic dialogue about radical alternatives to the status quo. Most literature produced heretofore has focused on the surface causes of these crises without much attention given to the sorts of major societal changes needed in order to deal with the crises we face. This book moves the debate beyond the critiques and the false or not fully realised alternatives, to focus on what can be termed "practical utopias". The contributors to this book outline a range of practical proposals for constructing pathways out of the global economic, ecological and social crisis. Varieties of Alternative Economic Systems eschews a single blueprint but insists on dealing directly with the deep structural problems and contradictions of contemporary global capitalism. It provides a diverse array of complementary proposals and perspectives that can inform both theoretical thinking and practical action. This volume will be of interest to academics and students who study political science, ecological economics, international politics and socialism.
Download or read book Collective Ownership Based Economy written by Prathapchandra Kedilaya and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Capitalism is the socioeconomic system in practice for a long-time world over, including in the so-called socialist and communist countries. The roots of the capitalist economy evolved naturally since prehistoric times out of historical accidents. It is not that human society deliberately and consciously adopted this system. The fundamental and central feature of the capitalist economy is private ownership of the wealth of society. Social scientists have now recognized that the capitalist economy is defective, and the main adverse consequence of this is overall material scarcity and economic inequality for the majority. Other unfavorable effects are unscrupulous scramble for the accumulation of wealth and the resulting inter-human competition, conflicts, and violence. The capitalist economy is considered the root cause of all the existing human ills at both social and individual levels-not just for the poor but also the rich. Since a couple of centuries ago, social scientists have been proposing a socialist model of the economy, with its many versions, as a better alternative to capitalism. The common central tenet of all these versions is collective ownership or common ownership of society's wealth by all its members. Notable socialist movements that are actively involved at present are World Socialist Movement, The Venus Project, and The Zeitgeist Movement. The central tenet of all these economic models is collective ownership of wealth. At present, socialist economies are misunderstood and misrepresented, and are associated with low popularity and stigma. It is mainly because the "communist" nations, past and present, have not adopted the twin principal tenets of a truly socialist economy-collective ownership of wealth and democracy. The economic model proposed in this book resembles the existing models of socialist economic systems a lot. The model is called "Collective Ownership Based Economy" (COBE) because 'collective ownership' is the central tenet of a truly socialist economic model. However, the proposed COBE model differs from other socialist models. It strongly endorses democracy; believes that the establishment of the new economy needs not to wait until the collapse of capitalism and can be done in a single country in isolation. The ideas presented in the book aim at bringing about a fundamental structural change in the socioeconomic system. These ideas are in no way utopian, nor do they require rocket science to realize them. They are realistic, practicable goals requiring only the intelligent application of what we already know. Adopting the policy of collective ownership of wealth provides enormous benefit in terms of attaining material abundance and enhancement of leisure for people. This benefit is because of economies of scale, which is the most fundamental economic principle, though not pointed out hitherto by any of the advocates of socialist or socialist like economic models. Find in this book the answers for the following questions and more: How an economic system conditions human behavior? How have humans evolved to end up with the current capitalist economic system? How, by replacing the current system with the proposed COBE, would the society achieve-material abundance, enhancement of human leisure, economic and sexual emancipation, elimination of human greed, hatred, superstitions, political corruption, crime, war, the establishment of world society, and so on? Also find in the book suggestions for further reforms in democracy, and an action plan to establish COBE. It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on earth at a higher standard of living than any have ever known.-R. Buckminster Fuller
Download or read book Alternative Economic Models of Transition written by John Marangos and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marangos illustrates and develops an analytical framework proposing different models of transition for Central, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union economies based on a political economy approach. This makes it possible to understand the complexities of the transition process from a new and more enlightened perspective and to take account of the differing opinions of economists. This approach contrasts with the actual approach adopted at the time by the transition economies, which has been dominated by the neoclassical models, in particular, the shock therapy approach. transition: The Shock Therapy model, The Neoclassical Gradualist model, The Post Keynesian model, The Pluralistic Market Socialist model and The Non-Pluralistic Market Socialist model (the Chinese model). By analysing the transition problem from a political economy perspective, it is possible to reveal the inconsistencies within each transition model and between such models and therefore to identify the potentialities regarding the implementation and maintenance of the necessary reforms that each model recommended. In conclusion, an attempt has been made to identify an optimal model of transition, which maximises social welfare.
Download or read book Socialism Capitalism and Alternatives written by Peter J. S. Duncan and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2019-10-14 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1989 the Berlin Wall came down. Two years later the Soviet Union disintegrated. The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union discredited the idea of socialism for generations to come. It was seen as representing the final and irreversible victory of capitalism. This triumphal dominance was barely challenged until the 2008 financial crisis threw the Western world into a state of turmoil. Through analysis of post-socialist Russia and Central and Eastern Europe, as well as of the United Kingdom, China and the United States, Socialism, Capitalism and Alternatives confronts the difficulty we face in articulating alternatives to capitalism, socialism and threatening populist regimes. Beginning with accounts of the impact of capitalism on countries left behind by the planned economies, the volume moves on to consider how China has become a beacon of dynamic economic growth, aggressively expanding its global influence. The final section of the volume poses alternatives to the ideological dominance of neoliberalism in the West. Since the 2008 financial crisis, demands for social change have erupted across the world. Exposing the failure of neoliberalism in the United Kingdom and examining recent social movements in Europe and the United States, the closing chapters identify how elements of past ideas are re-emerging, among them Keynesianism and radical socialism. As those chapters indicate, these ideas might well have potential to mobilise support and challenge the dominance of neoliberalism.
Download or read book Becdotry and Refined Socialist System of Economy written by Samasi Anderson and published by United P.C. Verlag. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you thought of a new economic and political systems for the 21st century? New alternative political and economic systems of the 21st century to the present systems. Here are they...
Download or read book Information Technology and Socialist Construction written by Daniel E. Saros and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-09 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The failure of command central planning in the twentieth century has led to a general disillusionment within the socialist movement worldwide. Some alternatives to capitalism have been proposed since the end of the Cold War, but none has offered an alternative form of economic calculation. This book explains how modern information technology may be used to implement a new method of economic calculation that could bring an end to capitalism and make socialism possible. In this book, the author critically examines a number of socialist proposals that have been put forward since the end of the Cold War. It is shown that although these proposals have many merits, their inability effectively to incorporate the benefits of information technology into their models has limited their ability to solve the problem of socialist construction. The final section of the book proposes an entirely new model of socialist development, based on a "needs profile" that makes it possible to convert the needs of large numbers of people into data that can be used as a guide for resource allocation. This analysis makes it possible to rethink and carefully specify the conditions necessary for the abolition of capital and consequently the requirements for socialist revolution and, ultimately, communist society. Information Technology and Socialist Construction will be of interest to students and scholars of political economy, the history of economic thought, labour economics and industrial economics.
Download or read book The Socialist Economy written by Benjamin Ward and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
