Socialism for Today
Escaping the Cruelties of Capitalism
David M. Kotz
- Capitalism
- is
- failing
- us.
- Instead
- of
- bringing
- a
- decent
- life
- for
- the
- majority,
- it
- generates
- an
- outrageous
- gap
- between
- the
- rich
- and
- the
- rest,
- unaffordable
- housing,
- a
- profit-driven
- healthcare
- system,
- skyrocketing
- educational
- debt,
- racial
- and
- gender
- inequality,
- and
- the
- threat
- of
- climate
- disaster.
- Economist
- David
- Kotz
- argues
- that
- it’s
- time
- we
- built
- a
- new
- socialism
- for
- the
- unique
- challenges
- of
- the
- twenty-first
- century.The
- problems
- of
- capitalism
- are
- too
- profound
- for
- reform,
- Kotz
- writes.
- Reform
- can
- help,
- but
- only
- temporarily,
- and
- not
- for
- all.
- Nor
- can
- we
- turn
- back
- to
- the
- socialist
- experiments
- of
- the
- twentieth
- century.
- But
- we
- can
- learn
- from
- those
- experiments,
- both
- their
- successes
- and
- failures,
- to
- build
- a
- democratic
- and
- participatory
- economic
- and
- political
- system.
- The
- result
- would
- be
- a
- sustainable
- future
- of
- economic
- justice,
- equality,
- material
- comfort,
- human
- development,
- and
- meaningful
- freedom.
- The
- journey
- towards
- a
- new
- socialism
- may
- be
- difficult.
- But
- Kotz
- combines
- a
- clear
- and
- rigorous
- account
- of
- how
- socialism
- can
- be
- made
- to
- work
- with
- a
- realistic
- strategy
- for
- how
- to
- get
- there.
- This
- is
- the
- book
- we
- need
- to
- help
- us
- escape
- the
- cruelties
- of
- our
- capitalist present.
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