Socialism 101

Author : Kathleen Sears
Publisher : Adams Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781507211366

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Socialism 101 by Kathleen Sears Pdf

Socialism 101 is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the historical and modern applications of socialism. In today’s political climate, more and more presidential candidates are espousing socialist—or democratic socialist—policies. Once associated with oppression, socialism is now a current topic of conversation with everyday Americans, including policies like taxing the rich and healthcare for all. But what exactly is socialism and why does it spark such an intense debate? Socialism 101 provides an easy-to-understand, unbiased overview to the nearly 300-year-old origins of this mode of government, its complex history, basic constructs, modern-day interpretations, key figures in its development, and up-to-date concepts and policies in today’s world. As capitalism has become less appealing and socialism experiences a surge in popularity, the need for clarification of what it means has never been more necessary than now.

Author : Kathleen Sears
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781507211373

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Socialism 101 by Kathleen Sears Pdf

Socialism 101 is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the historical and modern applications of socialism. In today’s political climate, more and more presidential candidates are espousing socialist—or democratic socialist—policies. Once associated with oppression, socialism is now a current topic of conversation with everyday Americans, including policies like taxing the rich and healthcare for all. But what exactly is socialism and why does it spark such an intense debate? Socialism 101 provides an easy-to-understand, unbiased overview to the nearly 300-year-old origins of this mode of government, its complex history, basic constructs, modern-day interpretations, key figures in its development, and up-to-date concepts and policies in today’s world. As capitalism has become less appealing and socialism experiences a surge in popularity, the need for clarification of what it means has never been more necessary than now.

Author : Bhaskar Sunkara
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781784787271

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The ABCs of Socialism by Bhaskar Sunkara Pdf

Slim, accessible, inexpensive, irreverent introduction to socialism by the writers of Jacobin magazine The remarkable run of self-proclaimed “democratic socialist” Bernie Sanders for president of the United States has prompted—for the first time in decades and to the shock of many—a national conversation about socialism. A New York Times poll in late November found that a majority of Democrats had a favorable view of socialism, and in New Hampshire in February, more than half of Democratic voters under 35 told the Boston Globe they call themselves socialists. It’s unclear exactly what socialism means to this generation, but couple with the ascendancy of longtime leftwinger Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership of the Labour Party in the UK, it’s clear there’s a historic, generational shift underway. This book steps into this moment to offer a clear, accessible, informative, and irreverent guide to socialism for the uninitiated. Written by young writers from the dynamic magazine Jacobin, alongside several distinguished scholars, The ABCs of Socialism answers basic questions, including ones that many want to know but might be afraid to ask (“Doesn’t socialism always end up in dictatorship?”, “Will socialists take my Kenny Loggins records?”). Disarming and pitched to a general readership without sacrificing intellectual depth, this will be the best introduction an idea whose time seems to have come again.

Author : Gustave Le Bon
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9791041941179

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The Psychology of Socialism by Gustave Le Bon Pdf

Author : Marcel van der Linden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1214 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108587082

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The Cambridge History of Socialism by Marcel van der Linden Pdf

This volume describes the various movements and thinkers who wanted social change without state intervention. It covers cases in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. The first part discusses early egalitarian experiments and ideologies in Asia, Europe and the Islamic world, and then moves to early socialist thinkers in Britain, France, and Germany. The second part deals with the rise of the two main currents in socialist movements after 1848: anarchism in its multiple varieties, and Marxism. It also pays attention to organisational forms, including the International Working Men's Association (later called the First International); and it then follows the further development of anarchism and its 'proletarian' sibling, revolutionary syndicalism – its rise and decline from the 1870s until the 1940s on different continents. The volume concludes with critical essays on anarchist transnationalism and the recent revival of anarchism and syndicalism in several parts of the world.

Author : Robert Lawson,Benjamin Powell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781621579465

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Socialism Sucks by Robert Lawson,Benjamin Powell Pdf

The bastard step-child of Milton Friedman and Anthony Bourdain, Socialism Sucks is a bar-crawl through former, current, and wannabe socialist countries around the world. Free market economists Robert Lawson and Benjamin Powell travel to countries like Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, and Sweden to investigate the dangers and idiocies of socialism—while drinking a lot of beer.

Author : Yves Guyot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Socialism
ISBN : UOM:39015031441390

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The Tyranny of Socialism ... by Yves Guyot Pdf

Author : Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401578493

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A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism by Hans-Hermann Hoppe Pdf

Author : Dijana Jelača,Maša Kolanović,Danijela Lugarić
Publisher : Springer
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319474823

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The Cultural Life of Capitalism in Yugoslavia by Dijana Jelača,Maša Kolanović,Danijela Lugarić Pdf

This edited volume explores the cultural life of capitalism during socialist and post-socialist times within the geopolitical context of the former Yugoslavia. Through a variety of cutting edge essays at the intersections of critical cultural studies, material culture, visual culture, neo-Marxist theories and situated critiques of neoliberalism, the volume rethinks the relationship between capitalism and socialism. Rather than treating capitalism and socialism as mutually exclusive systems of political, social and economic order, the volume puts forth the idea that in the context of the former Yugoslavia, they are marked by a mutually intertwined existence not only on the economic level, but also on the level of cultural production and consumption. It argues that culture—although very often treated as secondary in the analyses of either socialism, capitalism or their relationship—has an important role in defining, negotiating, and resisting the social, political and economic values of both systems.

Author : Iain Murray
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781684510757

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The Socialist Temptation by Iain Murray Pdf

IT'S BACK! Just thirty years ago, socialism seemed utterly discredited. An economic, moral, and political failure, socialism had rightly been thrown on the ash heap of history after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Unfortunately, bad ideas never truly go away—and socialism has come back with a vengeance. A generation of young people who don’t remember the misery that socialism inflicted on Russia and Eastern Europe is embracing it all over again. Oblivious to the unexampled prosperity capitalism has showered upon them, they are demanding utopia. In his provocative new book, The Socialist Temptation, Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute explains: Why the socialist temptation is suddenly so powerful among young people That even when socialism doesn’t usher in a bloody tyranny (as, for example, in the Soviet Union, China, and Venezuela), it still makes everyone poor and miserable Why under the relatively benign democractic socialism of Murray's youth in pre-Thatcher Britain, he had to do his homework by candlelight That the Scandinavian economies are not really socialist at all The inconsistencies in socialist thought that prevent it from ever working in practice How we can show young people the sorry truth about socialism and turn the tide of history against this destructive pipe dream Sprightly, convincing, and original, The Socialist Temptation is a powerful warning that the resurgence of socialism could rob us of our freedom and prosperity.

Author : Thomas DiLorenzo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781621575979

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The Problem with Socialism by Thomas DiLorenzo Pdf

A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

Author : Geoffrey M. Hodgson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789901627

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Is Socialism Feasible? by Geoffrey M. Hodgson Pdf

After being proclaimed dead, there is now a major revival of socialism ideology in the West. But what does socialism mean? This book shows that it is irretrievably associated with common ownership. The twentieth-century experience of comprehensive national planning with state ownership has been disastrous, and in no case has democracy endured within large-scale socialism. This volume explains why. The alternative socialist option of worker-owned cooperatives must accept a major role for markets that many socialists reject. Further experiments in that direction must be subordinate to higher principles of liberal solidarity, involving a mixed market economy with a welfare state.

Author : Jim DeMint
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780805449570

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Saving Freedom by Jim DeMint Pdf

Senator DeMint illuminates key principles of freedom and how they are being compromised by big government. The author lays out a complete action plan to reclaim these freedoms and reverse America's cultural decline by restoring a strong spirit of God and country.

Author : Oskar Lange,Fred Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Economics
ISBN : 0816671672

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On the Economic Theory of Socialism by Oskar Lange,Fred Taylor Pdf

On the Economic Theory of Socialism was first published in 1938. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.Is socialism workable on economic grounds? "No," say the chief European critics of socialism - von Mises, Robbins, and von Hayek. "Yes," say Lange and Taylor in these two papers - the first refutation in English of the objections of these economists.There has been consistent demand for this book since it went out of print in 1944. This reprint is in response to that demand.

Author : Stephen R. C. Hicks
Publisher : Scholargy Publishing, Inc.
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1592476422

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Explaining Postmodernism by Stephen R. C. Hicks Pdf