Justin, where you see socialism, I see the market. I do not trust any kinds of
markets to "feed the hungry, cloth the naked, shelter the unhoused, and make work
available to all and reasonably decent for many people for whom it is a torment or a
deadening bore."
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Well, if you want socialism to transform humans into a purer sort of creature, maybe
>that is a problem. What I hope for is that socialism would feed the hungry, cloth the
>naked, shelter the unhoused, and make work available to all and reasonably decent for
>many people for whom it is a torment or a deadening bore. If markets socialism would
>do that, but would not transcend sekfishness, would it be worse than capitalism? --jks
>
> In a message dated Fri, 14 Jul 2000 4:35:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Michael
>Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> << My main complaint about the idea of market socialism is that it does nothing to
>go beyond the sort of incentives that contaminate life in a capitalist economy. I
>would prefer to take a chance that people can go beyond the limited incentives of
>selfishness that dominate market society. I
> may be wrong, but if so capitalism might even be superior to market socialism.
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
> Tel. 530-898-5321
> E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >>
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
