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David Schweickart (born 1942) is an Americanmathematician andphilosopher.
He holds aBS inMathematics from theUniversity of Dayton, aPhD in Mathematics from theUniversity of Virginia, and a PhD inPhilosophy fromOhio State University. He is aProfessor of Philosophy atLoyola University Chicago.[1]
He has taught at Loyola since 1975. He was a visiting professor of mathematics at theUniversity of Kentucky from 1969 to 1970, and a visiting professor of philosophy at theUniversity of New Hampshire from 1986 to 1987. He has also lectured inSpain,Cuba,El Salvador,Italy, theCzech Republic, and throughout theUnited States. In 1999, Schweickart was named Faculty Member of the Year at Loyola University Chicago.
Schweickart is an editor and contributing writer to SolidarityEconomy.net, an online journal dedicated toeconomic democracy.
InAfter Capitalism and other works, Schweickart has developed the model ofmarket socialism he refers to as "economic democracy". In his own words, "Economic Democracy is a market economy."[2] It embodies several key ideas:
The firms and factories are owned by society and managed by the workers. These enterprises, so managed, compete in markets to sell their goods.Profit is shared by the workers. Each enterprise is taxed for the capital they employ, and that tax is distributed to publicbanks, who fund expansion of existing and new industry.
In 2006, Schweickart wrote a detailed critique ofMichael Albert'sparticipatory economics, calledNonsense on Stilts: Michael Albert's Parecon. He claimed three fundamental features of the economic system are flawed.[3]
