[PEN-L:30347] Re: Re: raising min wage/Socioeconomic Democracy

[GeorgeCSDS@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/18/02 11:36:30 AM, lisa.stolarski@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

>How about this.  Marx is right about many things and this is one of them: as
the rich get richer and fewer in number and the poor get poorer and
constitute almost everybody, what you have is a recipe for extreme social
unrest.>>>

Dear Lisa,

You may have seen this before but one needn't be a Marxist to see clearly
that what you say is certainly so.  Therefore I repeat my announcement about
Socioeconomic Democracy and the democratic and peaceful reduction of the
obscene -- and harmful -- unbounded and growing wealth gap.

The purpose of this communication is to announce the publication and present
availability of the new book entitled Socioeconomic Democracy: An Advanced
Socioeconomic System.

Socioeconomic Democracy (SeD) is a theoretical model socioeconomic system
wherein there exist both some form of Universal Guaranteed Personal Income
(UGI) and some form of Maximum Allowable Personal Wealth (MAW), with both the
lower bound on personal material poverty and the upper bound on personal
material wealth set and adjusted democratically by all participants of
society.

The Table of Contents is as follows:
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
1   SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOCRACY:  THE THEORETICAL MODEL
2   UNIVERSAL GUARANTEED PERSONAL INCOME
3   MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE PERSONAL WEALTH
4   DEMOCRACY
5   SOCIETAL VARIATIONS
6   JUSTIFICATIONS
7   SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM
8   INCENTIVE AND SELF-INTEREST
9   PRACTICAL APPROXIMATIONS
10 FINANCIAL BENEFITS AND COSTS
11 PHYSICAL REALIZABILITY, FEASIBILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION
12 RAMIFICATIONS
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

It is (or at least should be) clear that this planet desperately needs a new,
improved and fundamentally democratized socioeconomic system.  The book will
be of interest to (among others) all those who are seriously concerned about
the multidimensional unnecessary harm (to individuals, societies, cultures
and the planet at large) caused by the extreme systemic maldistribution of
material wealth intra- and internationally and who are convinced that this
problem should and can only be resolved democratically and peacefully by an
informed, thoughtful citizenry.  The book will be found appropriate for
courses in economics, political science, sociology, political philosophy,
utopian studies, futures studies, psychology and, perhaps most importantly,
democratic socioeconomic systems engineering.  The book is extensively
described on our website.

The book is published by and available from Praeger/Greenwood, as well as
from e-Amazon and e-Barnes & Noble, and certainly should be available in your
friendly local bookstore and library.  The Praeger/Greenwood coordinates are:
Praeger Publishers
Greenwood Publishing Group
88 Post Road West
PO Box 5007
Westport, CT 06881-5007
<http://www.greenwood.com>

The Center for the Study of Democratic Societies (CSDS) is a research and
educational institution (founded in 1969) dedicated to the examination and
explanation of the properties and possibilities of democratic societies and
democratic socioeconomic systems.  You are cordially invited to visit our
website, where you will find much more about the theory and practice of
Socioeconomic Democracy, an invitation to our Study Programs in Socioeconomic
Democracy, and a much needed break from all this serious stuff on our Lighter
Side pages.  We are also available for presentations about Socioeconomic
Democracy, from brief lectures to extended workshops.  If you find any of the
material there (or here, for that matter) of interest, we would be happy to
hear from you and explore future possibilities with you.  If you have friends
or e-lists that you think might be interested in this message, please feel
free to forward it to them.

Thank you,

Robley E. George, Director
Center for the Study of Democratic Societies
<http://www.centersds.com>