12. Fiscal reconstruction. E. M. Friedman, American Problems of Reconstruction, pp. 427-446.
Questions
1. Why has the movement for political and social reconstruction become stronger in recent years?
2. Explain how “the soviet form of government is a repudiation of the entire scheme of government which has been described in this book”.
3. Make a diagram showing the organization of the soviet government in Russia. Show how much more direct is the control of the people over their government in the United States.
4. What is the lesson of the economic breakdown in Russia?
5. Explain what is meant by the International. What are its aims?
6. State any arguments for socialism which are not given in the text. Any arguments against socialism. Is it true that “as a general rule there are only two ways of getting work done in this world”? In a socialist state what would be the incentive to work? Would it be sufficient?
7. Would the establishment of socialism necessarily involve the abandonment of democracy? Argue the point.
8. Name the principal achievements of American democracy during the past hundred years. Which of them do you regard as the most important and why?