[lbo-talk] The SMB in a socialist economy?

Fernando Cassia fcassia at gmail.com
Tue Feb 24 00:17:47 PST 2009


Recent talk here on this list made me wonder what people here think is the role of the small and medium sized business in a socialist economy.

Should cooperatives be encouraged by the government, or is there still room for the small for-profit capitalist style business? Cases in point:

a) a wood/timber firm which is the only/major employer in a given town b) the owner of a pizza shop whom wants to expand and open 4 other locations in town c) two graduates wom want to start their own ISP using a creative/innovative technology not available untl then.

I have my own ideas with regards to this and I think the biggest problems of this world are caused by the largest corporations. I'm not sure socialists should suffocate small style innovation and entrepreneurship....

Thoughts? comments? expletives? ;-) FC



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