Democracy or Socialism
The Fateful Question for America in 2024
Authors: Larson, Sven R
Free Preview- Explains where democratic socialism comes from, and how it has played out in Europe
- Uses the European socialist experience to draw a line into America’s future
- Answers the seminal question: when is government big enough, and what does that look like?
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This book discusses socialism and democracy. It approaches socialism not as a label but as an ideology. Based on a careful examination of what socialism is, traced back to Karl Marx, this book explains the tense relationship between socialism and democracy and how it has influenced political thought and practice in both Europe and America. This book carefully avoids conventional wisdom, seeking instead to originate its definition and analysis of socialism in its political theory and practice. Building on the relationship between socialism and democracy, the book explores how this uneasy roommate agreement may affect America’s future.
- About the authors
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Sven R. Larson is a Ph.D. political economist and author. He has worked for free-market think tanks and been an advisor to elected officials and political campaigns. His scholarship and policy research are focused on the dynamics between the welfare state and economic freedom. Among his previous books are Industrial Poverty, which analyzes the welfare state’s role in causing economic stagnation in Europe; The Rise of Big Government: How Egalitarianism Conquered America, an examination of the ideological similarities between the American and Swedish welfare states; and Faith and Freedom: The Moral Case for America, exploring the moral foundations of the American constitutional republic.
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Defining Socialism
Pages 1-21
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Economics of Socialism 1: Prices vs. Labor Value
Pages 23-51
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Economics of Socialism 2: Planning vs. The Market
Pages 53-79
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From Strife to Spring
Pages 81-124
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The American Welfare State Today
Pages 125-154
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Democracy or Socialism
- Book Subtitle
- The Fateful Question for America in 2024
- Authors
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- Sven R Larson
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-65643-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-65643-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-65642-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 191
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations
- Topics
