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.
- ISBN10 1847492436
- ISBN13 9781847492432
- Publish Date 25 October 2012
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 August 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Alma Books Ltd
- Imprint Alma Classics
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 480
- Language English