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The Economics of Feasible Socialism Revisited by Alec Nove is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Economics of Feasible Socialism Revisited about?
This book shows its age in many ways. As its author, the late Alec Nove, freely admits, the work was intended to advance an argument for the consideration of an audience interested in socialism. As a "modest contribution" to discussions of socialist economics, particularly among those of us still engaged in the socialist project, it provides a thought-provoking, helpful reference point. In many respects the product of a tired realism, written at the end of a disappointing century, the book provides a sober and relatively realistic assessment of the failures and shortcomings of various attempts to build socialism and a cautious, rather modest and decidedly non-utopian proposal for its renewal. The steadfast lack of utopianism in the work gives it a dry flavour that some might find uninspiring but, in fact, although the proposals Nove makes do not translate to socialism as it's often, conventionally understood, they may certainly provide the elements of a good transition program. Works like Michael Albert's "Parecon" may provide a more radical and inspiring program for a future society than Nove's "feasible socialism" but the sheer power of the vision is, in itself, daunting
Who reads The Economics of Feasible Socialism Revisited?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Alec Nove
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Academic
- Published
- 1991
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780044460152
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Economics, Business