In the 20 th century, different types of socialist societies failed - not only because of an evident lack of democracy, but also due to their economic inefficiency. Apart from the historical underdevelopment of Russia and other socialist countries, there could be given three main reasons for...

Socialism is popular in the UK – not just among students, but also among people in their 30s and 40s. This is confirmed by survey after survey. Surveys also show that support for socialism in general terms is matched by support for a broad range of individual policies that could reasonably be...