Describe the visions of Robert Owen and Louis Blanc.
Answer:
Robert Owen: He wanted to form a cooperative community called ‘New Harmony’, in Indiana (US). He felt that the government should also support such cooperatives and encourage them. He was a French politician, historian and a socialist, who favoured reforms.
Louis Blanc: He wanted the government to encourage cooperatives and replace capitalist enterprises. He suggested cooperatives in order to guarantee employment for the urban poor. He believed that cooperatives should be formed with the cooperation of the people and its profit should be divided according to the work done by the members