The Socialist Alternative
Real Human Development
2010
鈥淎 good society,鈥� Michael Lebowitz tells us, 鈥渋s one that permits the full development of human potential.鈥� In this slim, lucid, and insightful book, he argues persuasively that such a society is possible. That capitalism fails his definition of a good society is evident from even a cursory examination of its main features. What comes first in capitalism is not human development but privately accumulated profits by a tiny minority of the population. When there is a conflict between profits and human development, profits take precedence. Just ask the unemployed, those toiling at dead-end jobs, the sick and infirm, the poor, and the imprisoned....