Socialism

Origins, Expansion, Decline, and the Attempted Revival in the United States

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism
Cover of the book Socialism by Phillip J. Bryson, Xlibris US
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Phillip J. Bryson ISBN: 9781514414583
Publisher: Xlibris US Publication: October 9, 2015
Imprint: Xlibris US Language: English
Author: Phillip J. Bryson
ISBN: 9781514414583
Publisher: Xlibris US
Publication: October 9, 2015
Imprint: Xlibris US
Language: English

Socialism: Origins, Expansion, Decline, and Attempted Revival in the United States This book is an attempt to address all the important economic aspects of socialismthe concepts and theories, the historical attempts to implement socialist economic systems, and the endeavor to establish socialism in the United States. Part I reviews the origins and ideas of socialism, which reflect an aspiration radically to transform the market system, the great advantages of which were explained by Adam Smith. Part II reviews the establishment of Marxist-Leninist economic systems in the USSR and the East European countries. The movement featured central economic planning, which survived from the 1920s until about 1990; its failure was the attempt of statist organization to crush the market system and replace it with Stalinist command planning. Central planning was meticulously copied in the bloc countries of East Europe, in China, in India, and elsewhere. The national replications of central economic planning always produced the same disappointing, usually disastrous results. Efforts to reform the system always failed. Meanwhile, the democratic countries of Western Europe established socialist parties and policies, but in less than a century after Marx, the great hopes of socialism to achieve successful and productive nationalization of industries on the basis of a national economic plan had been recognized as unproductive and undesirable. Part III reviews the failed attempt to establish a viable socialist party in the United States. The real thrust toward socialism, originally launched by the New Deal of Roosevelt, came when Barak Obama, a thoroughly indoctrinated and dedicated socialist, ascended to the US presidency. This socialism is an attempt to expand income redistribution and social welfare policies and to pursue massive industrial regulation and unconstitutional interventions in the private sector. The implications of these policies are discussed together with the associated loss of market freedoms and personal liberties.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Socialism: Origins, Expansion, Decline, and Attempted Revival in the United States This book is an attempt to address all the important economic aspects of socialismthe concepts and theories, the historical attempts to implement socialist economic systems, and the endeavor to establish socialism in the United States. Part I reviews the origins and ideas of socialism, which reflect an aspiration radically to transform the market system, the great advantages of which were explained by Adam Smith. Part II reviews the establishment of Marxist-Leninist economic systems in the USSR and the East European countries. The movement featured central economic planning, which survived from the 1920s until about 1990; its failure was the attempt of statist organization to crush the market system and replace it with Stalinist command planning. Central planning was meticulously copied in the bloc countries of East Europe, in China, in India, and elsewhere. The national replications of central economic planning always produced the same disappointing, usually disastrous results. Efforts to reform the system always failed. Meanwhile, the democratic countries of Western Europe established socialist parties and policies, but in less than a century after Marx, the great hopes of socialism to achieve successful and productive nationalization of industries on the basis of a national economic plan had been recognized as unproductive and undesirable. Part III reviews the failed attempt to establish a viable socialist party in the United States. The real thrust toward socialism, originally launched by the New Deal of Roosevelt, came when Barak Obama, a thoroughly indoctrinated and dedicated socialist, ascended to the US presidency. This socialism is an attempt to expand income redistribution and social welfare policies and to pursue massive industrial regulation and unconstitutional interventions in the private sector. The implications of these policies are discussed together with the associated loss of market freedoms and personal liberties.

More books from Xlibris US

Cover of the book I Might Just Be Right by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book The Case of the Missing Pronoun by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book The Brown Recluse: Murder in Green Hills by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book Mpsc by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book For the Jane Bennets by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book How Hard Can It Be? by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book How Our Government Spending Is Effecting Our Mentally Ill and Our Future by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book To Change a Life by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book Ussa: the Past Is Another Country by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book Naked in the Swamp by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book Speculations with and About God by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book In Search of Self Without Selfies by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book Reid's Short Read's by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book My Name Is Aaron Rutherford by Phillip J. Bryson
Cover of the book Wrestling Old Man Market by Phillip J. Bryson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy