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Visions of the future – a socialist departure from gloom?

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  • Peter Skott

    (Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst)

  • Paul Auerbach

    (Kingston University)

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A vision of universalised human freedom, equality, security and democracy emerged in the wake of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, the British Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution. This vision, not even approximately practicable at the time, is now well within reach. A viable socialist strategy will not be oriented around an encompassing central plan, but rather an agenda of human-centered goals – the creation of preconditions for all individuals to fully realise their personal capacities and to function as free citizens, exercising control individually and collectively, at the workplace and in society. Central to the realisation of such a programme will be a focus on the crucial role played by the first years of life in shaping human development and in the formation of class hierarchies.

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  • Peter Skott & Paul Auerbach, 2021. "Visions of the future – a socialist departure from gloom?," UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers 2021-15, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ums:papers:2021-15
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    1. Peter Skott, 2025. "Conflict Inflation: Keynesian Path Dependency or Marxian Cumulation?," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 76(3), pages 421-438, July.

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    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • H40 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - General
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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