Ebook: After Capitalism

Since first published in 2002, After Capitalism has offered students and political activists alike a coherent vision of a viable and desirable alternative to capitalism. David Schweickart calls this system Economic Democracy, a successor-system to capitalism which preserves the efficiency strengths of a market economy while extending democracy to the workplace and to the structures of investment finance. In the second edition, Schweickart recognizes that increased globalization of companies has created greater than ever interdependent economies and the debate about the desirability of entrepre.;Figures; Preface to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1: Counterproject, Successor-System, Revolution; Chapter 2: Justifying Capitalism; Chapter 3: Economic Democracy: What It Is; Chapter 4: Capitalism or Socialism?; Chapter 5: Capitalism or Socialism?; Chapter 6: Getting from Here to There; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.