[lbo-talk] Soros, Volcker, Depression, Nationalization

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Feb 23 08:27:54 PST 2009


On Feb 23, 2009, at 1:10 AM, Miles Jackson wrote:


> On the contrary: we have all kinds of successful socialist economic
> production, even if we limit ourselves to the U. S. Why people
> think in terms to philosophical abstractions here rather than
> actual, concrete examples such as public libraries and public roads
> is a mystery to me.

These are fine examples, but they're also services that are not well- provided for by private entities. You've got a steeper hill to climb when it comes to consumer goods.

Doug



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