James Otteson

The End of Socialism

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Produktbeschreibung

The End of Socialism explores the difficulties socialism faces and examines the extent to which its moral ideals can guide policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9781107017313
• ISBN-10: 1107017319
• Artikelnr.: 41478999

Autorenporträt

James R. Otteson specializes in political philosophy, the history of economic thought, and political economy. He is the author of Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life (Cambridge, 2002) and Actual Ethics (Cambridge, 2006), the latter of which won the 2007 Templeton Enterprise Award. He is also the editor of The Levellers: Overton, Walwyn, and Lilburne, five volumes (2003). His most recent book is Adam Smith (2013). Otteson is Executive Director and Teaching Professor in the School of Business at Wake Forest University, Research Professor in the Department of Philosophy and in the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom at the University of Arizona, and Senior Scholar at the Fund for American Studies in Washington, DC.

Inhaltsangabe

1. What socialism and capitalism are
Part I. Socialism's Problems in Practice: 2. Knowledge and planning
3. Knowledge: value, equality, and experts
4. Knowledge and community
5. The day-two problem
Part II. Socialism's Problems in Principle: 6. Economics and morality
7. Respect and individuality
8. Socialism's great mistake
9. Prosperity
10. Equality and freedom
11. Fairness
Conclusion. Grapes sweet and sour.