Don't be fooled by utopian Corbynomics - it is seductive fiction

It has been dubbed “Corbynomics”, a tribute to the best-seller Freakonomics by Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt, which spawned a string of something-nomics books and columns. But the economic policies espoused by Jeremy Corbyn belong to a much longer tradition of writers and thinkers seeking an ideal human society – egalitarian, in which basic needs are satisfied, where people contribute according to their abilities, and where those who are struggling are helped along the way.