Schweickart’s "Evonomic Democracy" Market Socialist Theory

"Economic democracy" model of market socialism is the United States left-wing scholar, market socialism theory put forward by the representative of the David Schweickart theory of a socialist alternative to capitalism. Schweickart after studying Marx’s critique of capitalism, integrated use of Mathematics, Philosophy, and Economics study on the analysis method of the capitalist society has been established "economic democracy" model of market socialism, as an alternative to capitalism, trying to solve the problems of capitalist economic development.This article on Schweickart’s "economic democracy" market socialism theory for a more in-depth study and research of the system, is divided into four parts:the first part, more systematically combing "economic democracy"socio-historical background of the formation of market socialism theory and theoretical assumption. Point out that Marx’s critique of capitalism alienated labor, on the negation of the capitalist mode of production, constitutes a theoretical premise of the theory of Schweickart. On this basis, Schweickart through reflection on the practice of socialism, and the critique of contemporary capitalist economic system, has proposed "economic democracy" model of market socialism.The second part,we focused on "economic democracy" market socialism theories in the content,"economic democracy" Schweickart specific connotations in the theory,"economic democracy" market socialist mode of main characteristics and capitalism to the "economic democracy" market socialist ways and conditions of the transition.The third part, applying of materialist dialectics perspective on "economic democracy"comment on the theory of market socialism, pointed out that its rationality and limitations, especially in the "economic democracy"market Socialist approaches of illusory.The fourth part, by Schweickart "economic democracy" analysis of market socialism theory and research,reveals the theory in a combination of socialism and market, planned for democracy, efficiency and fairness, as well as beyond the terms of China’s socialist market economy to capitalism has the reference value.