> http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/22515 > > "Nonetheless, China's historic leap from oblivion into one of the top 21st century economies and its impressive results from recent stimulus initiatives both vividly illustrate the basic superiority of a centralized rational investment plan, even one so intrinsically flawed, over one dictated exclusively by the mad, chaotic rush for individual profit."
The issue is not just about central planing. Every state does central planing, even those which are run by most radical neoliberal principles. Nazi-state for example did plan almost everything centrally. That is the goal of any given state. The question that need to be raised must go far beyond this formal criterion and focus on the content of what is being planed. In other words, if we consider the issues about central planing the focus above all must be property relations. Only on the basis of this we can classify states and their central planing policies. ------ Dogan Göcmen (http://dogangocmen.wordpress.com/) Author of The Adam Smith Problem: Reconciling Human Nature and Society in The Theory of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations, I. B. Tauris, London&New York 2007 ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
