[Marxism] re Soviet Economic Model
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * Impossible not to respond to Andrew Stewart's query: "Does anyone have a decent, understandable brief that explains the operation of the Soviet economy at its best moment (what that is probably is going to be a whole other debate)?" Here was my entry: "Contradictions of 'Real Socialism': the Conductor and the Conducted", published by Monthly Review Press in 2012 (with a Cuban edition in 2015 and revised Spanish translations forthcoming in Chile, Ecuador and Spain) and reviewed nicely by Louis at http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/10/03/the-contradictions-of-real-socialism/ Contents and cover blurbs: Preface Introduction: New Wings for Socialism Overture: The Conductor and the Conducted Ch.1. The Shortage Economy Ch.2. The Social Contract Ch.3. The Nature and Reproduction of Vanguard Relations of Production Ch.4. Contested Reproduction within ‘Real Socialism’ Ch.5. The Conductor and the Battle of Ideas in the Soviet Union Ch.6. From Moral Economy to Political Economy Ch.7. Towards a Society of Associated Conductors Ch.8. Goodbye to Vanguard Marxism Cover Blurbs: The profound understanding in this new book of why 20th century attempts at constructing socialism failed must be an essential element in the socialist renewal emerging amid the first great capitalist crisis of the 21st century.--Leo Panitch, Editor, The Socialist Register Lebowitz shows, theoretically and historically, that the socialism practiced in the Soviet Union and Central Europe was doomed.There is a lot to learn here--Marty Hart-Landsberg One doesn’t have to agree with all the theses presented in Michael Lebowitz’s last book in order to acknowledge that this is a major contribution to the international debate on the Socialism of the 21th Century--Michael Löwy What would Marx have thought had he lived to see the Soviet Union? Nobody has interpreted Marx to greater advantage to answer this question than renowned Marxist scholar Michael Lebowitz, who explains in /The Contradictions of ‘Real Socialism’/ why Marx would not have been pleased!-- Robin Hahnel THE WELL WRITTEN BOOK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOCIALISM DID NOT DIE WITH THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL--Francois Houtart "Where fresh insights are rare, indeed, Michael Lebowitz provides a bundle of them. While no one will (or perhaps should) agree with everything here, the book provides rich material for badly-needed discussion."--Paul Buhle, author of MARXISM IN THE UNITED STATES A riveting exploration of what can be learned from the first attempts to create socialist systems, specifically the period from 1950 through the 1980s. Required reading.--Fred Magdoff - Michael A. Lebowitz Professor Emeritus Economics Department Simon Fraser University University Drive Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 Home: Phone 604-689-9510 Cell: 604-789-4803 _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
[Marxism] re Soviet Economic Model
POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. * Impossible not to respond to Andrew Stewart's query: "Does anyone have a decent, understandable brief that explains the operation of the Soviet economy at its best moment (what that is probably is going to be a whole other debate)?" Here was my entry: "Contradictions of 'Real Socialism': the Conductor and the Conducted", published by Monthly Review Press in 2012 (with a Cuban edition in 2015 and revised Spanish translations forthcoming in Chile, Ecuador and Spain) and reviewed nicely by Louis at http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/10/03/the-contradictions-of-real-socialism/ Contents and cover blurbs: Preface Introduction: New Wings for Socialism Overture: The Conductor and the Conducted Ch.1. The Shortage Economy Ch.2. The Social Contract Ch.3. The Nature and Reproduction of Vanguard Relations of Production Ch.4. Contested Reproduction within ‘Real Socialism’ Ch.5. The Conductor and the Battle of Ideas in the Soviet Union Ch.6. From Moral Economy to Political Economy Ch.7. Towards a Society of Associated Conductors Ch.8. Goodbye to Vanguard Marxism Cover Blurbs: The profound understanding in this new book of why 20th century attempts at constructing socialism failed must be an essential element in the socialist renewal emerging amid the first great capitalist crisis of the 21st century. Leo Panitch, Editor, The Socialist Register Lebowitz shows, theoretically and historically, that the socialism practiced in the Soviet Union and Central Europe was doomed.There is a lot to learn here. Marty Hart-Landsberg One doesn’t have to agree with all the theses presented in Michael Lebowitz’s last book in order to acknowledge that this is a major contribution to the international debate on the Socialism of the 21th Century Michael Löwy What would Marx have thought had he lived to see the Soviet Union? Nobody has interpreted Marx to greater advantage to answer this question than renowned Marxist scholar Michael Lebowitz, who explains in /The Contradictions of ‘Real Socialism’/ why Marx would not have been pleased! Robin Hahnel THE WELL WRITTEN BOOK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOCIALISM DID NOT DIE WITH THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL Francois Houtart "Where fresh insights are rare, indeed, Michael Lebowitz provides a bundle of them. While no one will (or perhaps should) agree with everything here, the book provides rich material for badly-needed discussion." Paul Buhle, author of MARXISM IN THE UNITED STATES A riveting exploration of what can be learned from the first attempts to create socialist systems, specifically the period from 1950 through the 1980s. Required reading. Fred Magdoff -- - Michael A. Lebowitz Professor Emeritus Economics Department Simon Fraser University University Drive Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 Home: Phone 604-689-9510 Cell: 604-789-4803 _ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
