Re: Re: Re: Re: Market Socialism - an apologyalready

[Doug Henwood]

Michael Perelman wrote:

I appreciate that we have avoided a rehash of the market socialism 
debate.  With
regard to the surplus, many traditional societies consumed the surplus in the
form of a ceremony at the end of the year rather than engaging in 
accumulation.

You nostalgic for that practice, or is there something to be said for 
accumulation?

Doug

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Market Socialism - an apologyalready

[Eugene Coyle]

A stuff toother is  slang for potlatch.

Gene

Louis Proyect wrote:

 This isn't a market, unless any system that responds to demand is a market.
 In which case any but the most obtuse sort of planning is a market system.
 It's not what any market socialist means by a market. What we mean is that
 the producers produce for profit, and sell their stuff toothers on anm uh,

 What is a stuff toother? Wasn't anm uh the 4th Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty?
 If so, I believe his name needs to be capitalized.

 Louis Proyect
 Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org