Re-Envisioning Socialism

by Prabhat Patnaik

The papers in this volume are informed by a perception that can be summarized as follows. A capitalist economy is a self-driven or 'spontaneous' system. State intervention in its functioning, driven by political compulsions, tends to make it dysfunctional. This necessitates either further interventions, leading to a transcendence of the system itself, or a progressive slide-back to the pre-intervention state. To say this is not to suggest that capitalism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8189487965
• ISBN13: 9788189487966
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Tulika Print Communication Services Pvt., Limited
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher