[lbo-talk] US not a private enterprise system

c b cb31450 at gmail.com
Wed Aug 26 11:28:45 PDT 2009


Matthias Wasser ----

c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Sure wish the book writers like Michael P. and Doug H. would do a
> jointly authored one on how the threat of systemic failure on Wall
> Street only avoided by trillions from the public, not private, sector,
> means that this is no longer a private enterprise system. Not to
> mention GM and Chrysler.

But "private enterprise systems" have always required a large state to perform various tasks, especially at points of crisis. The state is just constituted differently and does different things than a pre-capitalist state does.

^^^^^^^

CB: I think Michael P. already wrote that book



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