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04075aam a2200433 i 4500 001 54D898F08B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161006010101 008 160331s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016008348 020 $a 0190460636 (hardback) 020 $a 9780190460631 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)945804098 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d INU $d IUL $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HB501 P4127 2016 082 00 $a 330.15/3 $2 23 084 $a POL023000 $a POL023000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Persky, Joseph, $e author. 245 14 $a The political economy of progress : $b John Stuart Mill and modern radicalism / $c Joseph Persky. 263 $a 1606 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xx, 248 pages ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Oxford studies in the history of economics 520 $a " While there had been much radical thought before John Stuart Mill, Joseph Persky argues it was Mill, as he moved to the left, who provided the radical wing of liberalism with its first serious analytical foundation, a political economy of progress that still echoes today. A rereading of Mill's mature work suggests his theoretical understanding of accumulation led him to see laissez-faire capitalism as a transitional system. Deeply committed to the egalitarian precepts of the Enlightenment, Mill advocated gradualism and rejected revolutionary expropriation on utilitarian grounds: gradualism, not expropriation, promised meaningful long-term gains for the working classes. He endorsed laissez-faire capitalism because his theory of accumulation saw that system approaching a stationary state characterized by a great reduction in inequality and an expansion of cooperative production. These tendencies, in combination with an aggressive reform agenda made possible by the extension of the franchise, promised to provide a material base for social progress and individual development. The Political Economy of Progress goes on to claim that Mill's radical political economy anticipated more than a little of Marx's analysis of capitalism and laid a foundation for the work of Fabians and other gradualist radicals in the 20th century. More recently, modern philosophic radicals, such as Rawls, have deep links to this Millean political economy. These links are still worthy of development. In particular, a politically meaningful acceptance of Rawls's radical liberalism waits on a movement capable of re-engineering the workplace in a manner consistent with Mill's endorsement of worker management. "-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "An examination of the role of John Stuart Mill in the development of modern radicalism"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-232) and index. 505 0 $a Prologue : modern radicalism and Mill -- Part I. The Utilitarian Reading of Accumulation: 1. Antecedents; 2. The greatest happiness of the greatest number; 3. Bentham's liberal triumphalism; 4. Utilitarian perspectives on private property; 5. Mill's radical case for laissez-faire capitalism -- Part II. Progress and Radical Reform: 6. Inheritance and land; 7. Poverty, the poor laws, and the family; 8. The education of the working classes; 9. Cooperatives, unions and economic democracy -- Part III. Echoes: 10. Marx and Mill; 11. The Fabians, early and late; 12. Rawls and the means of production; 13. Radical luck -- Mill's vision. 600 10 $a Mill, John Stuart, $d 1806-1873 $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Capitalism. 650 0 $a Socialism. 650 0 $a Social policy. 650 0 $a Economic history. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Persky, Joseph, author. $t Political economy of progress $d New York : Oxford University Press, 2016 $z 9780190460655 $w (DLC) 2016015907 830 0 $a Oxford studies in the history of economics. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20161006011654.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=54D898F08B8A11E6A6C758ADDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search