An Analysis Of Schweickat's Market Socialism Theory For "Economic Democracy"

As a famous American left-wing scholar and marxist theoretician,Schweikat is an important representative of contemporary western "market socialism".His theory is an important research for exploring the alternative to capitalism and reviving socialist movement by western left scholars.It can provide some enlightenment to the construction of socialist economic system.Schweikat's theory of economic democracy comes,on one hand,from reinterpreting Marx's critique of capitalism,on the other hand,revealing the malpractice of capitalism and analyzing the practice of socialism.He believes that economic democracy can be achieved mainly from three aspects.Firstly,enterprise autonomy(a kind of worker's self-management),the worker is both the enterprise manager and the producer.Secondly,in the market economy,the market is regarded as an economic means which is,then,combined with the socialist system.Thirdly,the social control of investment by "fair share of per capita" to realize the democratization distribution of social investment funds.The market socialism theory of schweitkat's "economic democracy" has some merits,such as social control,the investment can overcome the market nature and market and socialism can be used together to promote the efficient use of resources.But we also need to know the limitations of the theory,such as the utopian nature of the theory and the illusory nature of the realization approach.In addition,it provides reference for China's economic development by comparing Schweikat's"economic democracy" theory with the theory of Chinese socialist market economy for their similarities and differences.For example,enterprises can transfer part of the power of the enterprise to the workers in the process of implementing democratic management which can strengthen the status and role of trade unions at the same time.In addition,to solve the main social contradictions in our country,especially for doing a good job of precision and poverty alleviation,the government should strengthen the management,distribution and supervision of the democratization of investment funds so as to improve the utilization efficiency of investment funds.At the same time,we advocate that the surplus of the state-owned economy should be divided into the democratic dividends for all people to make more people enjoy the results of the reform and further improve people's satisfaction and sense of gain.