Socialism

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Socialism is a left-wing to far-left economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production within the economy and worker participation in the management of productive enterprises as opposed to private ownership.

-- from Wikipedia: Socialism

• See also Libertarian socialism

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• If socialized ownership replaces private companies, what mechanisms can prevent the concentration of managerial power into a new bureaucratic ruling class?
• Explore whether ruthless capitalism accelerates the demand for socialist alternatives by (in a dehumanizing way) treating human labor purely as an extractive resource.
• Can voluntary decentralized economic models (and other alternative economic models) such as member-owned cooperatives, ESOP's, benefit corporations, and credit unions achieve the core objectives of socialism without relying on economic coercion by governments?
• How does ethical capitalism, specifically through worker profit-sharing, member own co-ops, and employee ownership models compare to formal state socialism in distributing economic productivity dividends and net income?
• Evaluate the risk of artificial scarcity and reduced innovation when market price signals are suppressed in favor of collective resource planning.