Re: Re: RE: capitalist versus socialist progress

[Brad De Long]

>Nathan writes:
>>Questions raised are whether there are ways to better encorporate such
>>qualitative measures into state planning.  I would argue that without
>>democracy as an alternative "feedback" loop to the market, undemocratic
>>state planning must by nature ultimately fail.
>
>well phrased! BTW, Trotsky made a similar point after he'd been kicked out
>of power.

Albeit not before...

Brad DeLong