Building Socialism: Role of Government

[Enrique Diaz-Alvarez]

Juan Jose Barrios wrote:
> 
> What is your view about how society would work. Do you think on some
> kind of particpatory economy, an Hahnel-type of society?
> 
> Who cares about what we consume? The market through the private sector?
> Galbraith (John K) argues that the demise of the real socialism was
> because they could not solve for the "consumption problem". How would
> you handle that issue?
> 
> JUan
> 

Juan,

	two questions. Where does JKG talk about the demise of socialism? and
what exactly is the consumption problem?

Un saludo,

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