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Condition: Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. ... Good: A book that has been read, but is in good condition. Minimal damage to the book cover eg. scuff marks, but no holes or tears. If this is a hard cover, the dust jacket may be missing. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing or tearing, and pencil underlining of text, but this is minimal. No highlighting of text, no writing in the margins, and no missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Publish Year: 2019

Type: Book

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ISBN: 9781786635167

Book Title: People's Republic of Walmart : How the World's Biggest Corporations Are Laying the Foundation for Socialism

Item Length: 7.8in

Publisher: Verso Books

Publication Year: 2019

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Item Height: 0.7in

Author: Michal Rozworski, Leigh Phillips

Genre: Business & Economics, Political Science

Topic: Political Economy, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Commentary & Opinion, International / General

Item Width: 5.1in

Item Weight: 8 Oz

Number of Pages: 256 Pages

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Are multi-national corporations like Walmart and Amazon laying the groundwork for international socialism? For the left and the right, major multinational companies are held up as the ultimate expressions of free-market capitalism. Their remarkable success appears to vindicate the old idea that modern society is too complex to be subjected to a plan. And yet, as Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski argue, much of the economy of the West is centrally planned at present. Not only is planning on vast scales possible, we already have it and it works. The real question is whether planning can be democratic. Can it be transformed to work for us? An engaging, polemical romp through economic theory, computational complexity, and the history of planning, The People's Republic of Walmart revives the conversation about how society can extend democratic decision-making to all economic matters. With the advances in information technology in recent decades and the emergence of globe-straddling collective enterprises, democratic planning in the interest of all humanity is more important and closer to attainment than ever before.

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Publisher

Verso Books

ISBN-10

178663516x

ISBN-13

9781786635167

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18038670489

Product Key Features

Book Title

People's Republic of Walmart : How the World's Biggest Corporations Are Laying the Foundation for Socialism

Author

Michal Rozworski, Leigh Phillips

Format

Trade Paperback

Language

English

Topic

Political Economy, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Commentary & Opinion, International / General

Publication Year

2019

Genre

Business & Economics, Political Science

Number of Pages

256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length

7.8in

Item Height

0.7in

Item Width

5.1in

Item Weight

8 Oz

Additional Product Features

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Hd2755.5

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"A tour de force through the history of economic planning, from the dark heart of capitalism to the self-management of workers, from the earliest agricultural civilizations to the cybersocialists of the twentieth century. Far from markets being the ahistorical basis of society, it is conscious human planning that has repeatedly been at the center of economic life. In the midst of new technologies, imminent climate change havoc, and economic stagnation, this book makes the passionate and persuasive case that democratic socialist planning is more necessary and more possible than ever before." -Nick Srnicek, Inventing the Future and Platform Capitalism "An impressive accomplishment ... the voice and writing style are wonderfully accessible without pandering. Here countless socialist arguments are presented clearly and powerfully, and I trust that it will give many others the confidence to speak as socialists." -Sam Gindin, coauthor of The Making of Global Capitalism, "A tour de force through the history of economic planning, from the dark heart of capitalism to the self-management of workers, from the earliest agricultural civilizations to the cybersocialists of the twentieth century. Far from markets being the ahistorical basis of society, it is conscious human planning that has repeatedly been at the center of economic life. In the midst of new technologies, imminent climate change havoc, and economic stagnation, this book makes the passionate and persuasive case that democratic socialist planning is more necessary and more possible than ever before." --Nick Srnicek, Inventing the Future and Platform Capitalism "An impressive accomplishment ... the voice and writing style are wonderfully accessible without pandering. Here countless socialist arguments are presented clearly and powerfully, and I trust that it will give many others the confidence to speak as socialists." --Sam Gindin, coauthor of The Making of Global Capitalism "Provocative and lively book." -- Morning Star "Philips and Rozworski's book is a timely exhortation to rethink the wisdom that markets always do it better." --Hettie O'Brien, New Statesman "Fast-paced and provocative. It offers readers a refreshing perspective on today's highly planned capitalist enterprises, and the prospect of a new form of democratic, transparent and socialist planning." --Ann Pettifor, Times Literary Supplement

2018

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2018-046043

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