Science, Science & Marxism

Justin Schwartz jkschw at hotmail.com
Wed Jan 16 10:24:19 PST 2002



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>CB: Thanks Justin, I agree we should approach this topic now as a
>discussion , not debate.
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pay
>a sort of assets sex, . . .
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>(CB: I take it you mean "tax". )
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A genuine Freudian slip!


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>In this model: productive assets are publically owned, except for income
>stream flowing from their use, which goes to the workers, There are no
>capitalists. Investment is planned, and does not depend on the animal
>spirits of the coupon-clipping class, there si no rentier class.
>Enterprises
>are democratically managed; bosses are elected and accountable. Workers are
>not employees but cooperators, they receive profit shares, not wages. But
>the firms compete in a market, trying to make profits and vying for market
>share.
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>Anyway, that is one way to imagine markets without private property.
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>jks
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>^^^^^^^^
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>CB: Again thanks. If this is "market socialism" , then I would choose to
>support it in real life , and not quibble over my own thought that it is
>not " the market" in any sense that is "the market" that communists oppose.


>I would think you would be open to a complete system of social welfare
>benefits and rapid reemployment for those unemployed by bankruptcies

Absolutely.

jks


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