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Re: Re: RE: capitalist versus socialist progress

Nathan writes: 
Questions raised are whether there are ways to better encorporate such
qualitative measures into state planning.  I would argue that without
democracy as an alternative "feedback" loop to the market, undemocratic
state planning must by nature ultimately fail.


well phrased! BTW, Trotsky made a similar point after he'd been kicked out
of power.

Jim Devine 

I like political democracy rather more than the next guy/gal (on this
list, at least). But it isn't the key to the riddle of history...

http://www.nps.gov/malu/documents/jim_crow_laws.htm


Brad DeLong


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