Jim raised the question in that post Yoshie mentions: But then again,
I'm not sure exactly what it means to have to have the law of value
continuing to operate under socialism. Does that mean that the economy
isn't totally under a plan?
^^^
And that some goods and services are traded based on
"But then again, I'm not sure exactly what it means to have to have "the law of value"continuing "to operate under socialism." Does that mean that the economyisn't totally under a plan?
Comment
"The Economic Development of the USSR" by Roger Munting, St. Martin Press 1982 contains enough
So, Sweezy wished to clarify the meanings of the terms socialism
and communism by saying that the law of value still continues to
operate under socialism to the extent that economy is capitalistic,
i.e., governed by market discipline, whereas it won't under communism
worth its name. As Jim