Socialism Is Everywhere





Introduction

Chapter 1: Socialism is everywhere
Socialism is everywhere
The meaning of socialism and communism
Base-line communism
The blossoming of humanity
Social ownership of the means of production

Chapter 2: Perspectives on socialism
Perspectives on socialism
Socialism as an idea
Socialism as a movement
Socialism as an institution
Socialism as a direction
Socialism as a system

Chapter 3: Liberalism and socialism
The principles of liberalism
The imperfection of liberalism
Socialism as the development of liberalism
The principles of socialism
Liberalism as part of socialism

Chapter 4: Means of production, labor, and distribution
Private property and common property
Theory of labor and Theory of ownership of means of production  
Property based on own labor
Capitalist economy
Resurrection of simple commodity production
Distribution according to labor
Rise of theory of ownership of the means of production  
Distribution according to need
Labor according to ability
Definition of labor
Comparison of the contribution principle and the ability and need principle Possibilities of common property

Chapter 5: Community, market, and state
Community, state, and market
Community
State
Market
Polanyi's subsystem theory
The interrelationship between community, state, and market
Socialism and community
Socialism and state
Socialism and market

Chapter 6: Socialism from the perspective of human history
Humans as social animals
Is competitiveness the nature of humans?
Reciprocal altruism and indirect reciprocity
Humans as a cooperative species
Primitive communism
Agricultural community
Commons
Traditional community and communitarianism

Chapter 7: Countries that called themselves socialist
Soviet-type system
Was the Soviet Union socialist?
Is China socialist?
Self-proclaimed socialism
Why did it fall into dystopia? -- Domestic factors
Why did it fall into dystopia? -- External factors
What kind of society was it?

Chapter 8: Competition and cooperation
Development through competition?
Division and inequality
Social dilemmas and worker cooperation
Worker cooperation in Nordic welfare states
Cooperation and efficiency
Cooperative education
Cooperation and self-realization
Cooperation and diversity
The American Dream
From industrial society to information society

Chapter 9: Socialization of production
Socialization of production
Corporate companies
Capital accumulation and concentration and monopoly
Social capital
Public sector
Economic planning
Limits to socialization of production in capitalism

Chapter 10: Social democracy
Socialization of production and social democracy
Industrial democracy
Industrial democracy in Japan
Labor unions
Labor unions and socialism
Cooperatives
Non-profit organizations
Regulation of the market
School education
Social rights and social security
Limits of the welfare state and socialism

Chapter 11: Signs of socialism
Signs of socialism
Globalization
Informatization
Sharing economy
Corporate social responsibility
Social enterprises
Social solidarity economy
Worker cooperatives
Remunicipalization
Municipalism

Chapter 12: Conclusion