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Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for example, campers wouldn't dream of charging each other to use a soccer ball or for fish that they happened to catch. Campers do not give merely to get, but relate to each other in a spirit of equality and community. Would such socialist norms be desirable across society as a whole? Why not? Whole societies may differ from camping trips, but it is still attractive when people treat each other with the equal regard that such trips exhibit. But, however desirable it may be, many claim that socialism is impossible. Cohen writes that the biggest obstacle to socialism isn't, as often argued, intractable human selfishness--it's rather the lack of obvious means to harness the human generosity that is there. Lacking those means, we rely on the market. But there are many ways of confining the sway of the market: there are desirable changes that can move us toward a socialist society in which, to "e Albert Einstein, humanity has "overcome and advanced beyond the predatory stage of human development."

Socialism --- Socialism. --- Socialisme. --- Marxism --- Social democracy --- Socialist movements --- Collectivism --- Anarchism --- Communism --- Critical theory

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EDUCATION --- HIGHER EDUCATION --- EDUCATIONAL FINANCING --- OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS --- Akademiker. --- Promotion. --- EDUCATION. --- HIGHER EDUCATION. --- EDUCATIONAL FINANCING. --- OCCUPATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS. --- -Middelbare scholen. Voortgezet onderwijs --- -373.5 Middelbaar onderwijs --- Graduate students --- Universities and colleges --- 373.5 --- 373.5 Middelbaar onderwijs --- 373.5 Middelbare scholen. Voortgezet onderwijs --- Middelbaar onderwijs --- Middelbare scholen. Voortgezet onderwijs --- Colleges --- Degree-granting institutions --- Higher education institutions --- Higher education providers --- Institutions of higher education --- Postsecondary institutions --- Public institutions --- Schools --- Education, Higher --- Education, Graduate --- Graduate education --- Graduate programs --- Graduate schools --- Graduate work --- Post-graduate work --- Postgraduate work --- Programs, Graduate --- Schools, Graduate --- Research --- Post-graduate students --- Postgraduate students --- Students, Graduate --- College students --- Statistics --- Graduate work&delete& --- Curricula --- Economic aspects --- Professional education. --- Curricula. --- Economic aspects. --- Graduate work.

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This book has been divided into two parts, A and B. Part A comprises analytical solutions of about 1100 geohydrological problems in the saturated zone. Classification of the problems according to certain characteristics. Part B consists of three chapters, describing the basic principles for saturated ground water flow, analytical solution methods and mathematical functions respectively.

Hydrogeology --- Basic Sciences. Mathematics --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Water Management --- Mathematical models. --- Applied Mathematics. --- Hydrology. --- Hydrology

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The traditional (final or average salary) pension that employers have provided their employees has suffered a huge decline in labor force coverage in the United Kingdom and the United States, and less severe declines in Canada and elsewhere. The traditional pension provides a precious measure of retirement security by paying retirees an annuity for life. This study compares developments in the countries just named and in Australia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland to explain the forces behind the decline of the traditional pension and to contrast the experience of public sector employer-provided plans, where it remains dominant. Given the great value of the longevity insurance that the traditional plan provides, and the risks its diminished coverage entails, the book proposes a set of measures that either stem the decline or endow defined contribution pensions with some of the attributes of the traditional plan.

Pensions --- Investments --- Portfolio management --- Investment management --- Investment analysis --- Securities --- Investing --- Portfolio --- Finance --- Disinvestment --- Loans --- Saving and investment --- Speculation --- Compensation --- Pension plans --- Retirement pensions --- Superannuation --- Retirement income --- Annuities --- Social security individual investment accounts --- Vested benefits --- E-books --- 368.43 --- AA / International- internationaal --- AT / Austria - Oostenrijk - Autriche --- CA / Canada --- CH / Switzerland - Zwitserland - Suisse --- DE / Germany - Duitsland - Allemagne --- DK / Denmark - Denemarken - Danemark --- GB / United Kingdom - Verenigd Koninkrijk - Royaume Uni --- JP / Japan - Japon --- NL / Netherlands - Nederland - Pays Bas --- SE / Sweden - Zweden - Suede --- US / United States of America - USA - Verenigde Staten - Etats Unis --- Ouderdomsverzekering. Voorbarige dood. Weduwen en wezen --- Pensions. --- Investments. --- Portfolio management. --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics

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In The unity of the capitalist economy and state , Geert Reuten offers a systematic exposition of the capitalist system, showing that the capitalist economy and the capitalist state constitute a unity. In its critique of contemporary economics, the book argues that in order to comprehend the capitalist system, one requires a full synthetic exposition of the economic and state institutions and processes necessary for its continued existence. A synthetic approach also reveals a range of components that are often obscured by partial analyses. In its systematic character, Reuten’s work takes inspiration from Marx’s provisional outline of the capitalist system in Capital , while also addressing fields that Marx left unfinished – such as the capitalist state.

Capitalism. --- Marxism & Communism