The Blueprint: How Socialism Can Work in the Real World

By Bhaskar Sunkara, Mike Beggs, Ben Burgis

From leading contributors to Jacobin magazine, a sweeping vision for a better world and concrete steps to get there, from expansive social welfare guarantees to worker-managed firms to a new culture of innovation.

Socialism, the pundits insist, is at best a noble delusion. Good in theory -- maybe -- but proven disastrous by over a century of experimentation. The Blueprint will present a vision for socialist politics in the twenty-first century, offering not only a critique of contemporary capitalism but a description of a viable economic model that features both expansive social welfare guarantees, worker-managed firms, and the innovation that comes from market competition. Based on the real experiences of social democracy and the cooperative movement, we can envision a better world, and outline concrete steps to get there.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839768630
• ISBN13: 9781839768637
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.