Introduction to the special issue on market socialism

IF 1.6 Q2 ECONOMICS

REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/00346764.2021.1961012

Hannes Kuch, G. Schweiger

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Abstract

The idea of socialism seems to be back. In light of the economic crises of the past decade, the rise of right-wing populism and authoritarian capitalism, and the social and economic turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a cautious resurgence of socialist ideas in political philosophy, economics, and political debate. The aim of this Special Issue is to take up one particular aspect of the debate about socialism, namely the idea that there might be a middle ground between capitalism and a world without any kind of markets: This is the core of the concept of market socialism, which aims to combine the advantages of markets with the advantages of socialism. Obviously, the world is still deeply marked by inequality and injustice, and economic exploitation and misery. The role that capitalist markets play in this, whether they contribute to the problem or might also contribute to solutions, is quite debatable. Market socialism has been positioned here as an alternative.

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市场社会主义特刊简介

社会主义的思想似乎又回来了。鉴于过去十年的经济危机、右翼民粹主义和威权资本主义的兴起，以及新冠肺炎大流行的社会和经济动荡，社会主义思想在政治哲学、经济学和政治辩论中谨慎地死灰复燃。本期特刊的目的是讨论关于社会主义的辩论的一个特定方面，即资本主义和没有任何市场的世界之间可能存在中间地带的想法：这是市场社会主义概念的核心，旨在将市场的优势与社会主义的优势相结合。显然，世界仍然深受不平等和不公正、经济剥削和苦难的影响。资本主义市场在这方面所扮演的角色，无论是对问题的解决，还是可能对解决方案的解决，都是有争议的。市场社会主义在这里被定位为一种替代方案。

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REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY ECONOMICS-

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2.60

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10.00%

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期刊介绍： For over sixty-five years, the Review of Social Economy has published high-quality peer-reviewed work on the many relationships between social values and economics. The field of social economics discusses how the economy and social justice relate, and what this implies for economic theory and policy. Papers published range from conceptual work on aligning economic institutions and policies with given ethical principles, to theoretical representations of individual behaviour that allow for both self-interested and "pro-social" motives, and to original empirical work on persistent social issues such as poverty, inequality, and discrimination.