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Technocracy and socialism
==James Burnham==
==James Burnham==
In his seminal work [[James Burnham#The Managerial Revolution|''The Managerial Revolution'']], Burnham lists ''Technocracy'' as one of four managerial ideologies alongside [[Communism]], [[Nazism]], and [[New Deal|New Dealism]].
In his seminal work [[James Burnham#The Managerial Revolution|''The Managerial Revolution'']], Burnham lists ''Technocracy'' as one of four managerial ideologies alongside [[Communism]], [[Nazism]], and [[New Deal|New Dealism]].
==Technocracy and Socialism==
Technocracy has drawn comparison with early socialist theorists such as [[Henri de Saint-Simon]].
In addition, [[Upton Sinclair]] was very excited<ref>Arthur M. Schlesinger (2003). [http://books.google.com/books?id=UAjls3YykzgC&pg=PA463 The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933] Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, p. 463.</ref> about the coming Technocracy movement and lauded its arrival. He wrote:
{{cquote|Socialists have been saying pretty much the same thing for the past two generations. But then, nobody pays much attention to us Socialists. This time, however, it is the leading experts of the engineering profession who are speaking - the sort of people the American public looks up to.<ref name=UPI>{{cite news |title=Technocracy's Theory Lauded by Socialists |url=http://newspaperarchive.com/us/virginia/pulaski/pulaski-southwest-times/1932/12-23/ |newspaper= Pulaski Southwest Times |date=23 December 1932}}</ref>}}
[[Stuart Chase]], an early member of the [[Technical Alliance]], was also an ardent [[socialist]].
==See Also==
==See Also==