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  1. Workers-Control-Over-Prod
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    I read the book you co wrote "Socialism in the 21st Century" (don't think that's exact, the title escapes me..). I find appreciate it, thanks
  2. Workers-Control-Over-Prod
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    Good question, i guess the post-war era of Keynesianism, or more precisely the Gold Standard world.
  3. Paul Cockshott
    What are you comparing neoliberalism to when you ask if it is worse?
  4. Workers-Control-Over-Prod
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    I guess you would be correct when talking about prominence among marxists, but not among the public of america.

    Re: Neo-Liberalism:
    Do you mean to say that its aggressive "free market" push is more destructive in regards to its frequent curreny crises and rabid pro-big-capital dominance?
  5. Paul Cockshott
    I am not sure that I would give Wolf such prominence, if you had cited Anwar Shaik I would take more notice.
  6. Workers-Control-Over-Prod
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    Look, the most prominent american marxist economist agrees that what i have been saying for a while, the risk towards hyper-inflation, is a real possibility. It is in fact a public discussion since the last two weeks that the ECB neo-liberal measures are a inflation danger.
  7. Paul Cockshott
    I agree that the western bourgeoisie have not effective plans to get out of the crisis, but that is only part of the world capitalist system, and a shrinking part.
  8. Paul Cockshott
    You need consumer goods market to provide some feedback to the plan as to what the population wants to consume.
  9. Workers-Control-Over-Prod
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    Since i have noticed you advocate markets during socialism as well and i have just read Michael Parenti's "Communism in Wonderland", it raised a question i had not really been so aware of before. Do you advocate [consumer] markets because of incentives towards the production of qualitative goods, efficiency? The reason i thought i advocated consumer markets was because so long workers are paid a wage there needs to be some accountability to the actual invested labor time, value of goods due to scarcity (these two really intertwine don't they...). With this computer model you describe that could calculate commodities' real value within a centrally planned economy, markets would not be needed, would they? I feel i have lost complete understanding about necessary steps, whether to use markets in this lower stage of communism (Socialism) or not, when they are not needed anymore; it is very much abstract.
  10. Workers-Control-Over-Prod
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    But the point is that the western ruling class has as its only plan to implement austerity, to attack labor, to increase exploitation. Higher wages within Capitalism as in the high time of Keynesianism, is first politically unrealistic without a Soviet Union, second unprofitable and would only lead to faster de-industrialisation. Neo-Liberalism is an unfeasible economic model and this has to be made clear to working people that this is the only model if we are to stay in Capitalism. It is either Starvation Capitalism or Socialism, this needs to be made clear.
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