Synopsis
A revisionist social-democratic argument that socialism should be redefined as equality and welfare achievable through a mixed economy rather than wholesale public ownership.
Core passage idea
Paraphrase · Modern copyrighted workNationalizing industry is a means, not the goal, and a managed capitalism can deliver the equality and freedom socialism truly seeks.
It separates socialist ends from Marxist means, reorienting the left toward redistribution within a market economy.
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Pair with Capitalism and Freedom.
Reading note
Read it as a programmatic statement of its era, attentive to how its mid-century optimism shaped later debates.
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Capitalism and Freedom
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