Abstract

AGAFONOW, Alejandro  and  HAARSTAD, Håvard. IS 21ST CENTURY SOCIALISM A FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE?. Rev.econ.inst. [online]. 2009, vol.11, n.20, pp.287-307. ISSN 0124-5996.

The purpose of this work is to contribute to a critical analysis of what has been called 21 st century socialism. Socialist regimes of the 20 th century distorted the theoretical Marxian economic model partly because of the impossibility of socialist economic calculation. Allin Cottrell and Paul Cockshott argue that in the 21 st century Socialism, supported by several political parties, social movements and some Latin-American governments, the impossibility of economic calculation can be overcome by the use of computers and Internet. In this paper we offer criticism of economic and political aspects of Cottrell and Cockshott's theoretical design. Our discussion of the economic aspects is inspired by market socialism, while our discussion of political aspects draws on debates surrounding political or egalitarian liberalism.

Keywords : socialism; market; planning; Marxism.

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