The First Socialization Debate (1918) and Early Efforts Towards Socialization

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This book discusses the 1918 European socialization debate, its consequences, and its relevance a century later. Following the end of the First World War, the disastrous social and economic situation facing Europe led to calls for socialization of central economic sectors, as well as measures for the improvement of work conditions and social security. This book rekindles the debate, presenting the basic issues of socialization from different European countries and taking into account current developments. The chapters track the socialism debate in Europe from its initial inception in 1918 and examine the ways in which it has shaped the public discourse in the years following, drawing theoretical connections between the conditions that created the environment for the debate to begin and contemporary social and political trends. This book will be of particular interest to graduate students and researchers of socioeconomics, ethics, the history of economic thought, history, and political science. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv The First Socialization Debate of 1918: Was the Socialization Commission Doomed to Failure Right from the Start? (Hans A. Frambach)....Pages 1-16 From “Finance Capital” to “Organized Capitalism:” Socialization in Rudolf Hilferding’s Writings Under the Influence of Ferdinand Tönnies (Jan Greitens)....Pages 17-30 Visions of Socialization and Political Reality—the Position of Labour Minister Heinrich Brauns (Daniel Eissrich)....Pages 31-44 Different Views of Socialization Strategies in Germany Since the First Socialization Debate (Karl-Heinz Schmidt)....Pages 45-59 Socialization Proposals: The Aspect of Labor Participation (Jürgen Backhaus, Ursula Backhaus)....Pages 61-73 Anti-Semitism Versus Democracy and Welfare State in the Weimar Republic (Hans-Dieter Bernd)....Pages 75-84 Otto Neurath’s Concepts of Socialization and Economic Calculation and His Socialist Critics (Günther Chaloupek)....Pages 85-98 Socialization Concepts of Non-socialist Economists in Austria: Karl Pribram, Gustav Stolper, Joseph Schumpeter (Günther Chaloupek)....Pages 99-110 From Socialisation to Regulation—The Secularisation of Dutch Social Democracy (Andries Nentjes)....Pages 111-130 Joseph Schumpeter, the Euthanasia of Capitalism (Frits van Holthoon)....Pages 131-144 Three Models of a Supply Side Socially Oriented Political Economy to Recover a National Identity of the Workers and Small Business Middle Class Under Parliamentarian Democracy—Schumpeter, Rathenau, and Hilferding (Francesco Forte)....Pages 145-157 Suffrage Extension and Redistribution: The Role of National Identity, Interest Group Conflict and Corporativism (Francesco Forte, Elena Seghezza, Giovanni B. Pittaluga)....Pages 159-189 Ludwig von Mises’ Argument Against the Possibility of Socialism: Early Concepts and Contemporary Relevance (Ludwig Van Den Hauwe)....Pages 191-222 On the (Im)Possibility of Socialist Calculation: Marschak Versus Mises (Harald Hagemann)....Pages 223-235