Re: Re: Re: Re: Harry Magdoff on market socialism

[Doug Henwood]

Louis Proyect wrote:

>What does it mean to "socialize markets"? This sounds like Chris Burford's
>idea. It can't work, needless to say. Reforms like the Tobin Tax, etc. are
>all well and good, but socialism has a completely different agenda. It
>involves dissolving the old state apparatus, nationalizing the means of
>production, a monopoly on foreign trade and extensive use of planning.
>Furthermore it is not pulled down from a shelf, but created through struggle.

Oh right, struggle is what matters. The institutional arrangements 
will take care of themselves if a properly righteous attitude is 
applied to the problem.

Doug