The Intelligent Woman's Guide : To Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Fascism

Athought-provoking classic of political propaganda exposing the excesses of capitalism entertaining, lucid, andrelevant to today's social movements "Ialso made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly fed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner; but whilst you were permitted to live you would have to live well."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 Labor 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, this guide draws on Shaw's decades of activism." Contents 4 Foreword 10 The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Fascism 14 1. A Closed Question Opens 16 2. Dividing up 21 3. How Much for Each? 22 4. No Wealth without Work 24 5. Communism 26 6. Limits to Communism 29 7. Seven Ways Proposed 34 8. To Each What She Produces 36 9. To Each What She Deserves 42 10. To Each What She Can Grab 45 11. Oligarchy 46 12. Distribution by Class 52 13. Laissez-faire 54 14. How Much Is Enough? 57 15. What We Should Buy First 66 16. Eugenics 69 17. The Courts of Law 72 18. The Idle Rich 76 19. Church, School and Press 79 20. Why We Put up with It 82 21. Positive Reasons for Equality 85 22. Merit and Money 87 23. Incentive 89 24. The Tyranny of Nature 97 25. The Population Question 100 26. The Diagnostic of Socialism 110 27. Personal Righteousness 113 28. Capitalism 118 29. Your Shopping 123 30. Your Taxes 129 31. Your Rates 136 32. Your Rent 141 33. Capital 145 34. Investment and Enterprise 150 35. Limitations of Capitalism 152 36. The Industrial Revolution 156 37. Sending Capital out of the Country 160 38. Doles, Depopulation and Parasitic Paradises 164 39. Foreign Trade and the Flag 169 40. Empires in Collision 172 41. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 177 42. How Wealth Accumulates and Men Decay 181 43. Disablement Above and Below 184 44. The Middle Station in Life 188 45. Decline of the Employer 197 46. The Proletariat 203 47. The Labour Market and the Factory Acts 207 48. Women in the Labour Market 217 49. Trade Union Capitalism 225 50. Divide and Govern 234 51. Domestic Capital 247 52. The Money Market 253 53. Speculation 261 54. Banking 266 55. Money 274 56. Nationalization of Banking 287 57. Compensation for Nationalization 292 58. Preliminaries to Nationalization 297 59. Confiscation without Compensation 299 60. Revolt of the Parasitic Proletariat 301 61. Safety Valves 303 62. Why Confiscation Has Succeeded Hitherto 308 63. How the War Was Paid for 313 64. National Debt Redemption Levies 318 65. The Constructive Problem Solved 321 66. Sham Socialism 324 67. Capitalism in Perpetual Motion 332 68. The Runaway Car of Capitalism 339 69. The Natural Limit to Liberty 343 70. Rent of Ability 356 71. Party Politics 369 72. The Party System 373 73. Divisions within the Labour Party 380 74. Religious Dissensions 385 75. Revolutions 396 76. Change Must Be Parliamentary 406 77. Subsidized Private Enterprise 412 78. How Long Will It Take? 418 79. Socialism and Liberty 420 80. Socialism and Marriage 433 81. Socialism and Children 439 82. Socialism and the Churches 457 83. Current Confusions 472 84. Sovietism 484 85. Fascism 504 86. Peroration 518 Instead of a Bibliography 528 Note on the Text 536

A thought-provoking classic of political propaganda exposing the excesses of capitalism—entertaining, lucid, and relevant to today's social movements

I also made it quite clear that Socialism means equality of income or nothing, and that under socialism you would not be allowed to be poor. You would be forcibly fed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner; but whilst you were permitted to live you would have to live well.

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 Labor 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, this guide draws on Shaw's decades of activism.

Ron Haflidson places the theology of Augustine in conversation with contemporary authors, who warn of the dangers of abandoning solitude for constant (often technological) connection. Haflidson addresses an essential question that has previously been neglected: What difference does it make to the practice of solitude if one believes that even in the absence of any human company, God is always intimately present? For Augustine, solitude is a moral necessity: he recommends that we regularly retreat from the crowd into the depths of our conscience, where we can dwell alone in the company of God, and enter into dialogue before and with God about who we are and how we love. Throughout this book, Haflidson pairs close readings of Augustine with those of noted cartographers of our inner lives, literary greats including Jane Austen, George Eliot, Marilynne Robinson and George Saunders. This book explores what undiscovered possibilities may lie in solitude.

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, thought-provoking classic of political propaganda.;Foreword; The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and Fascism; 1. A Closed Question Opens; 2. Dividing up; 3. How Much for Each?; 4. No Wealth without Work; 5. Communism; 6. Limits to Communism; 7. Seven Ways Proposed; 8. To Each What She Produces; 9. To Each What She Deserves; 10. To Each What She Can Grab; 11. Oligarchy; 12. Distribution by Class; 13. Laissez-faire; 14. How Much Is Enough?; 15. What We Should Buy First; 16. Eugenics; 17. The Courts of Law; 18. The Idle Rich; 19. Church, School and Press; 20. Why We Put up with It; 21. Positive Reasons for Equality. As a Fabian and lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of our lives. Family affections and relations between the sexes were perverted by it. From Parliament to eduction our institutions were "corrupted at the root by pecuniary interest". Idealism, integrity and piecemeal attempts at political reform were all futile in the face of the gross injustice built into our economic system. And because a capitalist economy could never function smoothly, private property was not merely a form of robbery, but robbery with violence. Lady Cholmondeley certainly got more than she bargained for when she asked Bernard Shaw for "a few of [his] ideas of socialism." Bernard Shaw's sister-in-law expected a brief summary, a simple user's manual on his political and ethical beliefs. Instead in 1928 she was presented with a great tome that encompasses the meaning of life and just about everything, from marriage and children's upbringing to how to run industry. What she got was one of the great, passionate and indignant expositions of how social injustice destroys human lives. - foreword by Polly Toynbee 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, thought-provoking classic of political propaganda. This edition contains notes and an introduction by Polly Toynbee Published in 1928 when Shaw was seventy-two, this book draws on decades of political activity and remains one of his brilliant exercises in propaganda. It contains a foreword by Polly Toynbee. Ramsay MacDonald, Labour leader, hailed the work as the world's most important book since the Bible