Re: [Pen-l] Paul Davidson sums up

[John Vertegaal <vertegaa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Lear wrote:

> 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

Like union representatives holding veto power, on boards of directors of 
those "corporations that run the economic world"? If so I'd fully agree, 
but I would call that social democracy in action, rather than applied 
Marxism. I'm by no means convinced that a command economy, whether 
planned centrally or not, is more efficient than what we presently have 
in OECD countries; given of course the fair wage and financial control 
policies of a social democracy.

John V



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