Between capitalism and socialism : essays in political economics / by Robert L. Heilbroner.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Random House, 1970.Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 294 pages, 22 cmISBN:- 0394416651
- 330.1
- HD 82 .H388 1970
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BOOKS | Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks | HD 82 .H388 1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | NPML20010002 |
Includes index.
From capitalism to socialism -- 1 Rhetoric and reality in the struggle between business and the state -- 2 The eye of the needle -- 3 Innocence abroad -- 4 The anti-American revolution -- 5 Reflections on the future of socialism
Political economics -- 6 Marxism and the economic establishment -- 7 Marxism restated and reviewed -- 8 Technological determinism -- 9 Is economic theory possible? -- 10 On the limits of economic prediction
Alternative futures -- 11 Transcendental capitalism -- 12 The industrial state -- 13 A Marxist America -- 14 The power structure -- 15 Futurology -- 16 Ecological armageddon
"The first section of the book takes us on a tour of the changes within the spectrum of social orders in the contemporary world. Starting with the shifting relation between business and the state within capitalism, the author in turn examines the ambiguities and ambivalences of the acquisitive drive, the furies and frustrations of the development process... and concludes wit ha searching critique of the dynamics and contradictions of socialism as an actuality and an ideal of present-day history... A second group of essays brings the discipline of economics itself to the fore. Here Professor Heilbroner deals with technology as it affects the capabilities of economic essence in predicting social change... Finally, Heilbroner reviews a series of interpretations of our times, evaluating the views of A. A. Berle, J.K. Galbraith, and others on the prospects of capitalism in the United States." - Dust jacket
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