On Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 18:52:18 (-0800) John Vertegaal writes: >Carrol Cox wrote: >> >> Jim Devine wrote: >>> >>> nor did Marx say anything about central planning (that I know of). >>> -- >> >> I think we have to go to evolutionary psychology to get a gene that >> automatically screams "central planning won't work" every time they hear >> the word Marx. >> >> Carrol >> >Although it's far from me to defend Davidson in all of this, given the >above indicated disconnect between Marxism and central planning, how >then are Marx's ideas to be implemented economically? In other words it >would be nice to see you put your money where your mouth is. Or is it >all hot air?
I don't see how it's all that complicated. We have currently organizations called corporations that run the economic world. Why is it so hard to see them transformed (as, I believe, Marx envisioned) into mechanisms controlled not by the wealthy rapacious few, but by broader, more catholic institutions? Bill _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
