Market, State, and Community: Theoretical Foundations of Market Socialism

by David Miller

Book Overview

Can we conceive of a market economy that fulfills the ideals of socialism? Here, Miller provides a comprehensive examination, from the standpoint of political theory, of an economy in which market mechanisms retain a central role, but in which capitalist patterns of ownership have been superseded. He shows that liberal ideas of freedom, justice, and efficiency cannot be used to vindicate laissez-faire capitalism, and rebuts left-wing criticisms of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198278640
• ISBN13: 9780198278641
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"