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Would democratic socialism be better? / Lane Kenworthy.
By: Kenworthy, Lane [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197636848 (ebook) :Subject(s): Socialism | Social problems -- Political aspects | Democracy | EqualityAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197636800DDC classification: 335 LOC classification: HX73Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The case for a modern democratic socialism is that capitalism is bad, or at least not very good, and that socialism would be an improvement. To fully and fairly assess democratic socialism's desirability, Lane Kenworthy argues in this book, we need to compare it to the best version of capitalism that humans have devised: social democratic capitalism. Kenworthy offers a close look at the evidence about how capitalist economies have performed on an array of outcomes.
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The case for a modern democratic socialism is that capitalism is bad, or at least not very good, and that socialism would be an improvement. To fully and fairly assess democratic socialism's desirability, Lane Kenworthy argues in this book, we need to compare it to the best version of capitalism that humans have devised: social democratic capitalism. Kenworthy offers a close look at the evidence about how capitalist economies have performed on an array of outcomes.
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