Part 1 book “Socialist optimism” has contents: Planning and spontaneous order, the giant firm and the plan, technocratic planning and the emergence of a socialist orthodoxy, socialist theory and practice, ironies of history - markets, planning and competition, education as a social process, and other contents. | Socialist Optimism This page intentionally left blank Socialist Optimism An Alternative Political Economy for the Twenty-First Century Paul Auerbach Reader in Economics, Kingston University, UK SOCIALIST OPTIMISM: AN ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Copyright © Paul Auerbach 2016 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500 New York, NY 10004–1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. ISBN: 978-1-137-56395-8 E-PDF ISBN: 978-1-137-56396-5 DOI: Distribution in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world is by Palgrave Macmillan®, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Auerbach, Paul, author. Title: Socialist optimism : an alternative political economy for the .
