The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism

by Bernard Shaw

Hardcover, 1928

Status

Available

Genres

Politics, Government, Law and Public Policy

All Topics

Nonfiction

Publication

New York, Brentano's, 1928.

Description

The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism, and Fascism As a lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of human life, perverting family affections and the relations between the sexes. According to him, all British institutions were "corrupted at the root by pecuniary interest" - and idealism, integrity and any piecemeal attempts at political reform were futile in the face of the gross injustice built into the Empire's economic system. Begun in 1924 - the year of the British Labour Party's first period of office under Ramsay MacDonald (who hailed it as "the world's most important book since the Bible") - and first published in 1928, The Intelligent Woman's Guide draws on Shaw's decades of activism and remains a brilliant, thoughtprovoking classic of political propaganda.… (more)

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LibraryThing member Porius

you don't have to understand shaw to enjoy him.

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LibraryThing member DinadansFriend

While the title may seem patronizing, the text is pure dynamite! Shaw explains that if this book is in the house, the husband will pick it up and read it, as well, because it deals with the basic questions that all people living in capitalism ask, and need answers for. This book was reviewed and

not for the first time since its publication in 1928, on Friday October 12, 2012, in the "Guardian" newspaper in Britain.
After every major economic downturn, this book is reviewed somewhere, because it s still relevant, 87 years after publication. We haven't fixed Capitalism to meet the critique mounted in this book, and if capitalism is the answer to all the world's problems, as we are constantly told, we should have. if you are looking for a very clear and concise explanation of how the world works even in 2014, this is the book. Most Americans should read the chapter on banking first. After that, you won't put the book down. And your worldview will have changed.

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LibraryThing member donlazaro

This book, published in 1927, is the solution to rising college tuition fees. For a complete liberal arts education, look no further than this 500 page treatise in economics, political science, history, sociology, ethics; in short all of what constitutes a basic college education. It is all

delivered to you with engaging Shavian wit and makes your college experience brief, economical, and utterly painless. For your diploma you can simply print out and post your Amazon review of this awesome work on the www for all to see and then mail out copies of your resume with the absolute confidence that you’ll ace every job interview with erudition and grace. Your problem will only be which offers to turn down. Shaw himself purportedly spent 5 years in an effort to analyze the society we live in, what has kept it moving along, and how to live within it to our advantage and even change it for the better. It is an astonishing, timeless literary achievement, quite accessible to intelligent gentlemen as well as to the intelligent ladies to whom it is affectionately addressed. High school grads! Forget about years of loan payments, midnight oil, and eight-o’clocks. Just read this book, and apply for those jobs miles ahead of your plodding and soon-to-be impoverished peers.

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