Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/QdBfjaZ Socialist Optimism An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century By: Paul Auerbach Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Print ISBN: 9781137563941, 113756394X eText ISBN: 9781137563965, 1137563966 Copyright year: 2016 Format: EPUB Available from $ 44.99 USD SKU 9781137563965 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.
