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Overview"No detailed description available for ""A General Theory of Exploitation and Class""." Full Product DetailsAuthor: John E Roemer (University of California Davis)Publisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: Harvard University Press Edition: Reprint 2014 ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.617kg ISBN: 9780674435858ISBN 10: 0674435850 Pages: 311 Publication Date: 05 February 1982 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsThere is no doubt that Roemer has produced an excellent book. His central question is whether classical Marxism has prepared us to expect what we see in existing socialist countries. Roemer believes not, and 'the consequence is a theoretical disarray of modern Marxism in attempting to explain the laws of motion of socialism.' The book is divided into three parts that deal respectively with exploitation and class in subsistence economies, accumulating economies, and socialist economies. Building on elegant and beautifully precise models of exploitation and class, the author integrates notions of class and status, socialist exploitation, and notions of justice to analyze the abstract workings of socialism...Highly recommended. A landmark in the development of economic theory... This book takes a long, hard look at some classical concepts in Marxism and, in doing so, transforms them completely... Roemer uses the analytical tools of neo-classical economics to undermine its normative and sociological assumptions. Instead of firms and households, Roemer offers us classes; instead of the social welfare function' he proposes exploitation as the criterion of justice. His book, in my opinion, is a step towards realism without loss of vigour. -- Jon Elster London Review of Books the abstract workings of socialism...Highly recommended. His book, in my opinion, is a step towards realism without loss of vigour. Roemer's is a major contribution to Marxian economic theory. It presents an analysis that is at once classical and modern, answering both old questions and new ones. It is delightfully controversial and deeply innovative.There is no doubt that Roemer has produced an excellent book. His central question is whether classical Marxism has prepared us to expect what we see in existing socialist countries. Roemer believes not, and 'the consequence is a theoretical disarray of modern Marxism in attempting to explain the laws of motion of socialism.' The book is divided into three parts that deal respectively with exploitation and class in subsistence economies, accumulating economies, and socialist economies. Building on elegant and beautifully precise models of exploitation and class, the author integrates notions of class and status, socialist exploitation, and notions of justice to analyze the abstract workings of socialism...Highly recommended. A landmark in the development of economic theory...[This book] takes a long, hard look at some classical concepts in Marxism and, in doing so, transforms them completely...[Roemer] uses the analytical tools of neo-classical economics to undermine its normative and sociological assumptions. Instead of firms and households, Roemer offers us classes; instead of the social welfare function' he proposes exploitation as the criterion of justice. His book, in my opinion, is a step towards realism without loss of vigour. There is no doubt that Roemer has produced an excellent book. His central question is whether classical Marxism has prepared us to expect what we see in existing socialist countries. Roemer believes not, and 'the consequence is a theoretical disarray of modern Marxism in attempting to explain the laws of motion of socialism.' The book is divided into three parts that deal respectively with exploitation and class in subsistence economies, accumulating economies, and socialist economies. Building on elegant and beautifully precise models of exploitation and class, the author integrates notions of class and status, socialist exploitation, and notions of justice to analyze the abstract workings of socialism...Highly recommended. A landmark in the development of economic theory...�This book� takes a long, hard look at some classical concepts in Marxism and, in doing so, transforms them completely...�Roemer� uses the analytical tools of neo-classical economics to undermine its normative and sociological assumptions. Instead of firms and households, Roemer offers us classes; instead of the social welfare function' he proposes exploitation as the criterion of justice. His book, in my opinion, is a step towards realism without loss of vigour. -- Jon Elster London Review of Books the abstract workings of socialism...Highly recommended. His book, in my opinion, is a step towards realism without loss of vigour. Roemer's is a major contribution to Marxian economic theory. It presents an analysis that is at once classical and modern, answering both old questions and new ones. It is delightfully controversial and deeply innovative.There is no doubt that Roemer has produced an excellent book. His central question is whether classical Marxism has prepared us to expect what we see in existing socialist countries. Roemer believes not, and 'the consequence is a theoretical disarray of modern Marxism in attempting to explain the laws of motion of socialism.' The book is divided into three parts that deal respectively with exploitation and class in subsistence economies, accumulating economies, and socialist economies. Building on elegant and beautifully precise models of exploitation and class, the author integrates notions of class and status, socialist exploitation, and notions of justice to analyze the abstract workings of socialism...Highly recommended.A landmark in the development of economic theory...[This book] takes a long, hard look at some classical concepts in Marxism and, in doing so, transforms them completely...[Roemer] uses the analytical tools of neo-classical economics to undermine its normative and sociological assumptions. Instead of firms and households, Roemer offers us classes; instead of the social welfare function' he proposes exploitation as the criterion of justice. His book, in my opinion, is a step towards realism without loss of vigour. Author InformationRoemer John E.: John Roemer is Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science and Economics, Yale University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |