Equal Shares : Making Market Socialism Work

Name: Equal Shares
Brand: Verso Books
SKU: 9781859840535
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ISBN: 9781859840535

by John E Roemer

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series The Real Utopias Project

ISBN-10 1859840531

ISBN-13 9781859840535

Publisher Verso Books

Imprint Verso Books

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 17th, 1996

Print length 304 Pages

Weight 476 grams

Dimensions 15.40 x 23.50 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies Economic theory & philosophy Economic theory and philosophy

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This work is based on John Roemer's model of "coupon socialism". Roemer's model aims to combine the market with a commitment to equality through a radical proposal: all citizens would receive an equal number of coupons with which to buy ownership rights (voting, dividends) in companies.

“Nice idea, but it doesn’t work in practice.” How often have socialists had this claim thrown back at them? And now, after the events of 1989, many of the Left are openly wondering what a defensible idea of socialism would be. This work addresses this question, taking as its point of departure John Roemer’s model of “coupon socialism”. Roemer’s model aims to combine the market with a commitment to equality through a simple, yet starkly radical, proposal: all citizens would receive an equal number of coupons with which to buy ownership rights (voting, dividends) in companies. These coupons would constitute a second, separate form of currency, but could not be exchanged for ordinary money, nor transferred to other people. Not all the contributors to this collection endorse Roemer’s working model of market socialism, but they are all stimulated by his foray into a “real utopia”.

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