Equal Shares - Making Market Socialism Work (Paperback)

"Nice idea, but it doesn't work in practice." How often have socialists had this claim thrown back at them? And now, after the events of 1989, many of the Left are openly wondering what a defensible idea of socialism would be. This work addresses this question, taking as its point of departure John Roemer's model of "coupon socialism". Roemer's model aims to combine the market with a commitment to equality through a simple, yet starkly radical, proposal: all citizens would receive an equal number of coupons with which to buy ownership rights (voting, dividends) in companies. These coupons would constitute a second, separate form of currency, but could not be exchanged for ordinary money, nor transferred to other people. Not all the contributors to this collection endorse Roemer's working model of market socialism, but they are all stimulated by his foray into a "real utopia".

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Real Utopias Project
Release date:	October 1996
First published:	September 1996
Authors:	John E. Roemer
Editors:	Erik Olin Wright
Contributors:	Richard Arneson • Fred Block • Harry Brighouse • Michael Burawoy • Joshua Cohen • Nancy Folbre • Andrew Levine • Mieke Meurs
Dimensions:	236 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
ISBN-13:	978-1-85984-053-5
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies
LSN:	1-85984-053-1
Barcode:	9781859840535

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