{"product_id":"equal-shares-making-market-socialism-work-paperback","title":"Equal Shares: Making Market Socialism Work - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn E. Roemer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eErik Olin Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn E. Roemer\u003c\/b\u003e is the Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Professor of Political Science and Economics. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and has been a Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eErik Olin Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eClasses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInterrogating Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Class Counts\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeepening Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Archon Fung), and \u003ci\u003eEnvisioning Real Utopias\u003c\/i\u003e. For more information on Envisioning Real Utopias and the Real Utopias project, and to access book content, please visit realutopias.org. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Burawoy \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1980 in New Jersey. He is the author of five books, including the novels \u003ci\u003eCadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Heaven of Others\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWitz\u003c\/i\u003e. Cohen's essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNextbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn, NY. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoel Rogers\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Law and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and Director of COWS. His many books include\u003ci\u003e On Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRight Turn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Forgotten Majority\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWhat Workers Want\u003c\/i\u003e. A longtime activist, Rogers was identified by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the 100 Americans most likely to shape U.S. politics and culture in the 21st century.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9.13 x 5.99 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712920293439,"sku":"9781859840535","price":34.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ce9243cc25e01393489f1527d88e0f81.webp?v=1765062816","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/equal-shares-making-market-socialism-work-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}