contra-Blair

[William S. Lear]

On Tuesday, November 9, 1999 at 16:56:40 (-0500) Doug Henwood writes:
>Juan Jose Barrios wrote:
>
>>Doug Henwood wrote:
>>
>>  > Agence France Presse - November 8, 1999
>>  >
>>  > "When I say New labour means enterprise and fairness, and Lionel
>>  > (Jospin) says he believes in a market economy but not a market
>>  > society,
>>
>>please could somone explain this ? thanks
>
>I think this refers to the fashionable idea, gleaned from Polyani, 
>that all societies have markets, but only under established 
>capitalism does the supposedly "self-regulating" market rule all 
>society. "We" must subdue the market, make it subordinate to society, 
>and serve our needs, instead of being subdued, subordinated, and 
>driven into servitude by it. This is very popular with folks like 
>Jospin and also with NGOs.

And of course these ideas resonate deeply within the chests of
business leaders, though they keep these impolitic sort of gruntings
to themselves.  Of course they have a different concept of "our needs"
...

Bill