The Philosophy and Economics of Market Socialism: A Critical Study 1st Edition

ISBN-13: 978-0195088274
ISBN-10: 0195088271
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"N. Scott Arnold's outstanding book makes a vital contribution to the debate over socialism; ...Arnold's discussion is a first-rate achievement. He has provided the best and most carefully worked out account of market socialism that I have read. His book is a model of how philosophers can use economic theory in their work--and in this department there can be no doubt of Arnold's efficiency."--The Mises Review


"The book is well-argued and comprehensively researched...offers the community of scholars a serious challenge to the entire intellectual underpinnings of the Left's critique of capitalism."--Public Choice


"N. Scott Arnold's outstanding book makes a vital contribution to the debate over socialism....Arnold's discussion is a first-rate achievement. He has provided the best and most carefully worked out account of market socialism that I have read. His book is a model of how philosophers can use economic theory in their work-and in this department there can be no doubt of Arnold's efficiency. As if that were not enough, the book contains a superb assortment of sarcastic remarks about lawyers."--The Mises Review


From the Back Cover

In this closely reasoned examination of the case for market socialism, N. Scott Arnold argues that even the most defensible version of market socialism would be deeply flawed. Specifically, it would be responsible for systematic and widespread exploitation. The charge of exploitation, which is really a charge of injustice, has typically been made against capitalist systems by socialists. This book argues that it is actually market socialism - the only remaining viable form of socialism - that is systematically exploitative. Recent work on the economics of contracts and organizations is used to show that the characteristic organizations of a free enterprise system - the classical capitalist firm and the modern corporation - are structured in such a way that opportunities for exploitation among economic actors (e.g., managers, workers, providers of capital, customers) are minimized. By contrast, Arnold argues, in a market socialist regime of worker cooperatives, opportunities for exploitation abound. Arnold locates his comparative analysis of market socialism and the free enterprise system in the larger context of the capitalism/socialism debate. In his account of this debate - and in his contribution to it - he offers a distinctive and attractive vision of the relationship between economics and political philosophy. This vision clearly identifies the respective contributions that economics and political philosophy can make to the fundamental question of how social institutions are to be evaluated.

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Product details

  • Publisher : Oxford University Press; 1st edition (August 18, 1994)
  • Language : English
  • Hardcover : 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0195088271
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0195088274
  • Item Weight : 1.42 pounds
  • Dimensions : 6.38 x 1.03 x 9.56 inches

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