Reflections on Socialism in the Twenty-First Century

Claes Brundenius is Professor Emeritus at the Lund School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. He is also Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, the Netherlands. His research field is economic development and the political economy of science and technology. He has worked at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France and also for international agencies in Latin America, Africa and Asia. He has written extensively on economic and social development in Latin America, Africa and Asia, especially on the role of science, technology and innovation.

• Introduction.- Possible Socialisms and the Challenges of the Globalizing Learning Economy in the Anthropocene Age.- Social Democracy and the Fate of the Swedish Model.- The Rise of Socialism in the United States: American ‘Exceptionalism’ and the Left After 2016.- The Allende Government’s Attempt to Achieve Major Transformations in Chile: Lessons from Hope and Failure.- Reflections on Socialism.- A Tribute to Paul Singer: A Socialist Activist.- Cuban Socialism at 60: Old Aspirations and New Realities.- Who Can Save Us From Ourselves?.- Ecosocialism – A Radical Alternative.- Towards a Technology of Socialist Inspiration.- Reflections on the Socialism of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.- Index.