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303 pages ; 21 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-297) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The battle for civil rights -- Appendix: Marxist perspectives -- For jobs and freedom -- A freedom budget for all Americans -- The political economy of the freedom budget -- Defeat of the freedom budget -- The U.S. political economy from the freedom budget to the present -- Poverty and its attendant evils today -- Toward a new freedom budget -- Appendix: A freedom budget for all Americans. |
| Summary |
While the Civil Rights Movement is remembered for efforts to end segregation and secure the rights of African Americans, the larger economic vision that animated much of the movement is often overlooked today. That vision sought economic justice for every person in the United States, regardless of race. It favored production for social use instead of profit; social ownership; and democratic control over major economic decisions. The document that best captured this vision was the Freedom Budget for All Americans: Budgeting Our Resources, 1966-1975, To Achieve Freedom from Want published by the A. Philip Randolph Institute and endorsed by a virtual who's who of U.S. left liberalism and radicalism. Now, two of today's leading socialist thinkers return to the Freedom Budget and its program for economic justice. Paul Le Blanc and Michael D. Yates explain the origins of the Freedom Budget, how it sought to achieve freedom from want for all people, and how it might be reimagined for our current moment. Combining historical perspective with clear-sighted economic proposals, the authors make a concrete case for reviving the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement and building the society of economic security and democratic control envisioned by the movement's leaders, a struggle that continues to this day. |
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United States -- Economic policy -- 20th century.
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United States -- Social policy -- 20th century.
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Economic security -- United States -- History.
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Poverty -- Government policy -- United States.
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Civil rights -- United States -- History.
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Equality -- United States -- History.
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Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00862627
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Economic policy. (OCoLC)fst00902025
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Economic security. (OCoLC)fst00902077
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Equality. (OCoLC)fst00914456
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Poverty -- Government policy.
(OCoLC)fst01074100
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Social policy. (OCoLC)fst01122738
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Yates, Michael, 1946-
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| ISBN |
9781583673607 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1583673601 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781583673614 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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158367361X (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
40022755148 |
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