Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Schumpeter, Joseph A., Stiglitz, Joseph

0% complete

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part I The Marxian Doctrine

PROLOGUE

1 MARX THE PROPHET

2 MARX THE SOCIOLOGIST

3 MARX THE ECONOMIST

4 MARX THE TEACHER

Part II Can Capitalism Survive?

PROLOGUE

5 THE RATE OF INCREASE OF TOTAL OUTPUT

6 PLAUSIBLE CAPITALISM

7 THE PROCESS OF CREATIVE DESTRUCTION

8 MONOPOLISTIC PRACTICES

9 CLOSED SEASON

10 THE VANISHING OF INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

11 THE CIVILIZATION OF CAPITALISM

12 CRUMBLING WALLS

I. THE OBSOLESCENCE OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL FUNCTION

II. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PROTECTING STRATA

III. THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF CAPITALIST SOCIETY

13 GROWING HOSTILITY

I. THE SOCIAL ATMOSPHERE OF CAPITALISM

II. THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE INTELLECTUAL

14 DECOMPOSITION

Part III Can Socialism Work?

15 CLEARING DECKS

16 THE SOCIALIST BLUEPRINT

17 COMPARISON OF BLUEPRINTS

I. A PRELIMINARY POINT

II. A DISCUSSION OF COMPARATIVE EFFICIENCY

III. THE CASE FOR THE SUPERIORITY OF THE SOCIALIST BLUEPRINT

18 THE HUMAN ELEMENT

A WARNING

I. THE HISTORICAL RELATIVITY OF THE ARGUMENT

II. ABOUT DEMIGODS AND ARCHANGELS

III. THE PROBLEM OF BUREAUCRATIC MANAGEMENT

IV. SAVING AND DISCIPLINE

V. AUTHORITARIAN DISCIPLINE IN SOCIALISM; A LESSON FROM RUSSIA

19 TRANSITION

I. TWO DIFFERENT PROBLEMS DISTINGUISHED

II. SOCIALIZATION IN A STATE OF MATURITY

III. SOCIALIZATION IN A STATE OF IMMATURITY

IV. SOCIALIST POLICY BEFORE THE ACT; THE ENGLISH EXAMPLE

Part IV Socialism and Democracy

20 THE SETTING OF THE PROBLEM

I. THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT

II. THE RECORD OF SOCIALIST PARTIES

III. A MENTAL EXPERIMENT

IV. IN SEARCH OF A DEFINITION

21 THE CLASSICAL DOCTRINE OF DEMOCRACY

I. THE COMMON GOOD AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE

II. THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND INDIVIDUAL VOLITION

III. HUMAN NATURE IN POLITICS

IV. REASONS FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE CLASSICAL DOCTRINE

22 ANOTHER THEORY OF DEMOCRACY

I. COMPETITION FOR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP

II. THE PRINCIPLE APPLIED

23 THE INFERENCE

I. SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE PRECEDING ANALYSIS

II. CONDITIONS FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC METHOD

III. DEMOCRACY IN THE SOCIALIST ORDER

Part V A Historical Sketch of Socialist Parties

PROLOGUE

24 THE NONAGE

25 THE SITUATION THAT MARX FACED

26 FROM 1875 TO 1914

I. ENGLISH DEVELOPMENTS AND THE SPIRIT OF FABIANISM

II. SWEDEN ON THE ONE HAND AND RUSSIA ON THE OTHER

III. SOCIALIST GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES

IV. THE FRENCH CASE; ANALYSIS OF SYNDICALISM

V. THE GERMAN PARTY AND REVISIONISM; THE AUSTRIAN SOCIALISTS

VI. THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL

27 FROM THE FIRST TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR

I. THE “GRAN RIFIUTO”

II. THE EFFECTS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ON THE CHANCES OF THE SOCIALIST PARTIES OF EUROPE

III. COMMUNISM AND THE RUSSIAN ELEMENT

IV. ADMINISTERING CAPITALISM?

V. THE PRESENT WAR AND THE FUTURE OF SOCIALIST PARTIES

28 THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

I. ENGLAND AND ORTHODOX SOCIALISM

II. ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES

III. RUSSIAN IMPERIALISM AND COMMUNISM

Prefaces and Comments on Later Developments

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION, 1942

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, 1946

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION, 1949

THE MARCH INTO SOCIALISM1

III

NOTES

INDEX

Schumpeter, Joseph A., Stiglitz, Joseph

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy