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Intro -- Ludwig von Mises, Socialism -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents, p. vii -- Publisher's Preface, p. xv -- Foreword, p. xix -- Preface to the Second English Edition, p. 1 -- Translator's Note, p. 3 -- Preface to the Second German Edition, p. 5 -- Introduction, p. 15 -- Part 1. Liberalism and Socialism -- Chapter 1. Ownership, p. 27 -- Chapter 2. Socialism, p. 45 -- Chapter 3. The Social Order and the Political Constitution, p. 58 -- Chapter 4. The Social Order and the Family, p. 74 -- Part 2. The Economics of a Socialist Community -- 1. The Economics of an Isolated Socialist Community -- Chapter 5. The Nature of Economic Activity, p. 95 -- Chapter 6. The Organization of Production Under Socialism, p. 110 -- Chapter 7. The Distribution of Income, p. 131 -- Chapter 8. The Socialist Community Under Stationary Conditions, p. 142 -- Chapter 9. The Position of the Individual Under Socialism, p. 163 -- Chapter 10. Socialism Under Dynamic Conditions, p. 173 -- Chapter 11. The Impracticability of Socialism, p. 186 -- 2. The Foreign Relations of a Socialist Community -- Chapter 12. national Socialism and World Socialism, p. 197 -- Chapter 13. The Problem of Migration Under Socialism, p. 201 -- Chapter 14. Foreign Trade Under Socialism, p. 205 -- 3. Particular Forms of Socialism and Pseudo-Socialism -- Chapter 15. Particular Forms of Socialism, p. 211 -- Chapter 16. Pseudo-Socialis Systems, p. 233 -- Part 3. The Alleged Inevitability of Socialism -- 1. Social Evolution -- Chapter 17. Socialistic Chilliasm, p. 249 -- Chapter 18. Society, p. 256 -- Chapter 19. Conflict as a Factor in Social Evolution, p. 279 -- Chapter 20. The Clash of Class Interests and the Class War, p. 292 -- Chapter 21. The Materialist Conception of History, p. 314.

"Discusses socialism as a political system, and details the history of socialist governments throughout the world"--Provided by publisher

Since the eighteenth century, socialism has evolved alongside increasingly industrial societies in which workers and the government keep the wealthy few from exploiting the masses. Socialism has been shaped by Communism and Democracy both, and has undergone changes in the twentieth century alongside the turmoil of World Wars and the Cold War. The birth of Socialism is examined as well as major figures in its development and practice in government and labor unions. This comprehensive volume intersperses historical context with photographs, artwork, publications and more to help readers comprehend this important and evolving movement.

There are principles in the world by which everything happens, by which the world works. This applies to both natural and social phenomena. However, it happens that these principles are inverted into something completely different. It is also often the case, in order to hide the true essence, that new names for phenomena or processes that obscure things and hide the right intentions are invented. The best example of how this works in practice can be seen in the examples of totalitarianism and democracy. The principle of totalitarianism is based on an authoritarian system of government, unlimited power of the leader, aggressive expansionism and control of the state. In its original meaning, democracy (the rule of the people - the majority) is the opposite of totalitarianism. However, do we have the true rule of the people today, or is there just a new form of totalitarianism behind that phrase? Every period, including this one today, imposes some general ideas that preoccupy people and nations. One such example is the mundialist idea of organizing a "world without borders" as a whole into which individual peoples and states are immersed. A process called transition has been imposed as a by-product of globalization and a mandatory pattern for former socialist countries. Therefore, Wallerstein is right in saying that the whole world is in a situation of "a kind of global transition". A large number of papers have been written in an effort to explain these processes. One of the discourses that can explain the "global transition" is the principle of inverted socialism. Namely, if socialism is based on the idea of social justice, that is, the distribution of social wealth to as many members of society as possible, the inverted socialism operates on the principle of profit privatization, and the socialization of losses at all levels. Globally, the rich (2%) are becoming richer and the majority of the population is becoming poorer. As a result of such a process, instead of a harmonious future, as Fukuyama predicted, there is the death of the welfare state on the one hand, and the socialization of losses on the other (the best example is the world financial crisis and bank rehabilitation by the states - of course at the expense of the people). Therefore, both globally and locally, it is time for a new Marx and a new true rather than inverted socialism.

The idea of combining some form of social equality with markets goes back to the very origins of socialist tradition and also underlies most of the proposals currently being presented as "alternatives" to the capitalist social order. However, taking as its axis the organic relationship between commodity circulation and capital, as revealed by Marx, it is possible to offer a critique of market socialism (choosing David Schweickart's version of Economic Democracy as a generic textual reference) to demonstrate its inconsistency as a project for social emancipation alternative to the capitalist mode of production. And this for reasons of: i) economy: due to market inefficiency in allocation, and its tendency toward social polarization; ii) politics: because markets prevent citizen self-government and block the free development of human capacities; and iii) ecology: the market is incompatible with a social metabolism that is sustainable with nature. The conclusion is that a market-based production structure is incompatible with the conscious, rational, and democratic regulation of the economy.