That Denmark is capitalist is true. But the Carrol Cox challenge would be:is it all (socialist) or nothing (not even Denmark)? Since there is no workable design available for the former, might as well take bits and pieces of the latter (Denmark). Higher minimum wage (under capitalism), free or heavily subsidized healthcare and free education through university. If the US were to have these the face of American capitalism would be quite different even though the basic social processes would remain capitalist
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa, Chair & Professor of Contemporary Indian Studies Australia India Institute and School of Social & Political Sciences University of Melbourne, 147-149 Barry Street, Carlton VIC 3053, AUSTRALIA Ph: +61 3 9035 6161, http://www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/ <https://owa.unimelb.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=KGdpeyp6YEyjUaiENKoAtx8nOn9uStAIlCVtCNE3uLxqkGIwkWdEYjJXILfPlddrM0Q1713syQQ.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.aii.unimelb.edu.au%2f> Podcast: https://theconversation.com/speaking-with-anthony-dcosta-on-the-challenges-facing-indias-economy-43913 ICAS 9 Adelaide: http://www.icas9.com/workshop-SASAA.php *New Book: *After-Development Dynamics (on South Korea) http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780198729433.do *Forthcoming Book: **http://www.tandf.net/books/details/9780415564953/ <http://www.tandf.net/books/details/9780415564953/>* *New Book Series (Dynamics of Asian Development)* *http://www.springer.com/series/13342 <http://www.springer.com/series/13342>* xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 12:48 PM, James Creegan <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem is that none of the American radicals Foner mentions, with the > single exception of Debs, was a socialist. Neither is Denmark a socialist > country. Socialism does not mean an advanced welfare state or the > regulation of capital. It means the replacement of capitalist ownership by > social ownership of the major means of production and exchange. The fact is > that Bernie Sanders is not talking about socialism, democratic or > otherwise. His program is indistinguishable from that of any > welfare-state liberal. > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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