Peter Lichtenstein

Boise State University | BSU · College Of Business and Economics

China has been experiencing a social and economic transformation that is no less dramatic than those experienced since 1989 by the nations of central and eastern Europe. In a span of twenty years, this once "sleeping giant" has evolved from a centrally planned, autarkic, socialist economy to a rapidly growing, decentralized, open, market-driven eco...

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During the decade of the 1980s, the design and implementation of economic reforms had divided the Chinese leadership into two factions: conservative proponents of moderation and “circumscribed” economic reform, and liberal proponents of comprehensive and rapid economic and social reform. Seeks to identify the economic-theoretic core of leftist and...

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This article surveys the U.S. experience with worker cooperation. Worker cooperation is viewed as an alternative mode of production which exists within the capitalist economy. The historical experience is divided into the pre-Civil War era, the period between 1865 and 1930, the Depression years, and the post-World War II era. Reasons for the creati...

Radical liberalism is a social philosophy which spans two traditions: liberalism (both classical and modern) and left wing radicalism. The former seeks the liberation of individuals from political/economic power; the latter seeks to overturn a social order based on privilege and property The writings of Illich, Freire, and Dewey represent an educat...