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Shaw examines various socialist ideas, including the issue of private property under socialism, population control, the difficulty of creating non-market-based means to ascribe value to human activities and the problem of wealth distribution. He explores Marxist concepts such as
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should become the first in that series. Shaw wrote to Lane that since almost 10 years had elapsed the book's title needed to be changed to
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in 1937. The dust jacket artwork for the British and American first editions was by the British artist and sculptor
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Thelma McCormack, "The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism" by George Bernard Shaw,
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first published in 1929. Le Mesurier objected to Shaw's self-satisfied and condescending tone.
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The book inspired a respectful and detailed reply from Lilian Le Mesurier in
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The Socialist Woman's Guide to Intelligence: a reply to Mr. Shaw
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along with the ideas of non-Marxist socialist thinkers such as
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is a non-fiction book written by the Irish playwright
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George Bernard Shaw
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Passion Play
Un Petit Drame
Widowers' Houses
The Philanderer
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Arms and the Man
Candida
The Man of Destiny
You Never Can Tell
The Devil's Disciple

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