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View in Browser Socialists need to explain how a modern economy could operate after capitalism. Special offer. Order a copy for $29.95 It’s not enough for socialists to show that capitalism is a system built on inequality, domination, and exploitation. We need to show that there is a viable alternative to capitalism that can be won in our lifetimes. Over the course of more than 400 pages, The Blueprint, written by Jacobin founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara and longtime contributors Mike Beggs and Ben Burgis, lays out a radical model of socialism that goes beyond both central planning and social democracy. A large state sector provides noncommodified goods, while a regulated market sector composed of democratic, worker-controlled firms produces goods and services in response to consumer demand. The model retains markets because prices, competition, and consumer choice solve real coordination problems. But it rejects capitalism on egalitarian and democratic grounds: none of that requires a separate class of owners with authority over production, investment, and the lives of ordinary workers. The book builds a strong case for how a socialist economy could be organized, how wealth could be redistributed and socially owned, how markets would function within socialism, why workers would need to own firms, and much more. This book is essential reading for socialists in the present who want to confront the biggest challenges facing workers today with a real plan for creating a society that works for everyone. Order a copy If you’d like to read more about the model outlined in the book, you can find detailed information here. To opt out of emails like this one and other promotional emails, manage your email preferences. To stop receiving all email communications, unsubscribe.