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  • Against Capitalism

    by David Schweickart ...
    Capitalism is hegemonic today not because it is the best we fallible humans can do but because it supports, and is supported by, special interests of immense power. This book argues that Economic Democracy, a competitive economy of democratically run enterprises that replaces capitalist financial markets with more suitable institutions, will be more efficient than capitalism, more rational in its ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • After Capitalism

    by David Schweickart ...
    Series series New Critical Theory
    Since first published in 2002, After Capitalism has offered students and political activists alike a coherent vision of a viable and desirable alternative to capitalism. David Schweickart calls this system Economic Democracy, a successor-system to capitalism which preserves the efficiency strengths of a market economy while extending democracy to the workplace and to the structures of investment ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Market Socialism

    The Debate Among Socialist

    by David Schweickart, James Lawler, Hillel Ticktin, Bertell Ollman ...
    Aside from Post Modernism, probably the hottest topic today among socialist scholars world-wide is Market Socialism. In this book, four leading socialist scholars present both sides of the debate--two for, and two against--highlighting the different perspectives from which Market Socialism has been viewed. Arguing in favor of Market Socialism are the philosophers David Schweickart and James Lawler ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Philosophy and the Problems of Work

    A Reader

    by Hannah Arendt, Herbert Marcuse, Michel Foucault, Mark Ourent, Gregory Pence, Robert Nozick, David Schweickart, Allen Wood, Gary Dymski, John Rawls, Richard Arneson, G A. Cohen, Ann Ferguson, Gregory Kavka, Mary Hawkesworth, Jon Elster, Phillipe van Parijs, Andrew Levine, John Roemer ...
    Philosophy and the Problems of Work brings together for the first time important philosophical perspectives on the subjects of labor and work, spanning analytical and Continental traditions. This comprehensive collection engages contemporary debates in political theory and the philosophy of economics, including the perspectives of classical and welfare liberals, anarchists, and feminists, about ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Taking Socialism Seriously

    by Ann Ferguson, John L. Hammond, David Schweickart, Karsten Struhl, Milton Fisk, Tony Smith ...
    Series series Critical Studies on the Left
    Taking Socialism Seriously raises essential questions about what socialism is and how socialists can reach it by addressing a long list of potential quandaries. The contributions compiled by Anatole Anton and Richard Schmitt describe how socialism differs from a reformed and more humane form of capitalism. Various chapters discuss suitable forms of love and family in a socialist society and ... Read more

    $109.99 USD

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  • The Struggle for a Better World

    by Peter J. Boettke ...
    In The Struggle for a Better World, Peter J. Boettke explores how the social sciences, and political economy in particular, help us understand society and its institutions of governance. Boettke advances an approach for understanding, articulating, and pursuing a coherent and consistent vision of a society of free and responsible individuals who may prosper through voluntary participation in the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Twilight Capitalism

    Karl Marx and the Decay of the Profit System

    by Murray E.G. Smith, Jonah Butovsky, Josh J. Watterton ...
    Twenty-first-century capitalism has little more to offer than a menu of despair: pandemics, deepening inequality, worsening depression, runaway climate change, intensifying authoritarianism and escalating militarism. Twilight Capitalism offers a wide-ranging analysis of the origins, implications and scope of the “combined” social crisis of 2020 and beyond. A compelling case is made that Karl Marx ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • The History of Economic Thought: A Concise Treatise for Business, Law, and Public Policy Volume I

    From the Ancients Through Keynes

    by Robert Ashford, Stefan J. Padfield ...
    This two-volume concise treatise on the history of economic thought is accessibly written for readers interested in business, law, and public policy ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Democracy at Work

    A Cure for Capitalism

    by Richard Wolff ...
    What, and who, are we working for? A thoughtful assessment on our current society from "probably America's most prominent Marxist economist" ( The New York Times).Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid, and meaningful jobs or a sustainable ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Understanding Socialism

    by Richard D. Wolff ...
    A blend of history, analysis, and theory, "Understanding Socialism" is an honest and approachable text that knocks down false narratives, confronts failures and challenges of various socialist experiments throughout history, and offers a path to a new socialism based on workplace democracy. "Richard Wolff's book is the best accessible and reliable treatment we have of what socialism is, was, and ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Anarchy, State, and Utopia

    by Robert Nozick ...
    The foundational text of libertarian thought, named one of the 100 Most Influential Books since World War II (Times Literary Supplement)First published in response to John Rawls' A Theory of Justice, Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia has since become one of the defining texts in classic libertarian thought. Challenging and ultimately rejecting liberal, socialist, and conservative agendas, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • How Will Capitalism End?

    Essays on a Failing System

    by Wolfgang Streeck ...
    One of the “Best Books of the Year”: Guardian • Financial Times • Times Higher EducationA major collection of essays that questions whether contemporary capitalism will end with a bang or a whimper—from a leading political economist and the author of Buying Time.After years of ill health, capitalism is now in a critical condition. Growth has given way to stagnation; inequality is leading to ... Read more

    $9.99 USD