The Economics of Feasible Socialism by nove, alec -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface

A Note on the Notes

Introduction Socialism – Why? Part 1 The Legacy of Marx

What Did Marx Mean by Socialism? Abundance, Scarcity and the New Man The Law of Value under Socialism A Digression on Marxian Economics Sancta Simplicitas The Ex Ante Illusion Quality and Quantity Division of Labour Material and Moral Incentives The Proletariat and Productive Labour The Legacy of Marx: Some Conclusions Addendum: More on Human Psychology and ‘Reductionism’

Part 2 Socialism and the Soviet Experience

Introduction Externalities and ‘Internalities’ Shortages and the Sellers’ Market Plan Indicators and the Evaluation of Performance The ‘Curse of Scale’, Innovation and Bureaucratic Fragmentation Is It Planning? Class Structure, Labour, Wages and Trade Unions Agriculture and the Peasants Investment Decisions and Criteria in Theory and Practice Prices in Theory and Practice Mathematical Methods and Programming Growth and Full Employment Foreign Trade The Cost of What Is Missing Conclusion: Centralised Planning and Democratic Socialism A Short Digression on ‘Ideology’

Part 3 Reform Models: Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland, China

Some ‘Revisionist’ Critiques The Hungarian Reform Yugoslavia and Workers’ Self-Management Private Agriculture in Yugoslavia and Poland: Peasants and Farmers The Polish Experience: the Road to Catastrophe China: Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution and Reform

Part 4 Transition

Some Introductory Remarks Transition I: From Capitalism to Socialism Some Thoughts on Nationalisation Transition II: From ‘Socialism’ to Socialism ‘Developmental Socialism’

Part 5 Feasible Socialism

Some Social-Political Assumptions Enterprises, Markets and Competition Prices, Profits and Theory of Value Division of Labour, Income Differentials and Self-Management Investments and Growth Foreign Trade The Economic Role of Democratic Politics Is It Socialism? Conclusion

Appendix 1: On Contradiction Appendix 2: Two Critiques Appendix 3: A Note on Utopia Name Index Subject Index