CHAPTER 17: SOCIALISM.
In: Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered; 1973, p214-220, 7p
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This article focuses on the approach adopted by socialists with regards to economics. It is not surprising that many socialists in so-called advanced societies, who are themselves--whether they know it or not--devotees of the religion of economics, are wondering whether nationalization is not really beside the point. The extinction of private ownership, by itself, does not produce magnificent results: everything worth while still has to be worked for, devotedly and patiently, and the pursuit of financial viability, combined with the pursuit of higher social aims, produces many dilemmas, many seeming contradictions, and imposes extra heavy burdens on management. If the purpose of nationalization is primarily to achieve faster economic growth, higher efficiency, better planning, and so forth, there is bound to be disappointment. The idea of conducting the entire economy on the basis of private greed, as Marx well recognized, has shown an extraordinary power to transform the world.
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CHAPTER 17: SOCIALISM.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Schumacher, E. F. |
Quelle: | Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered; 1973, p214-220, 7p |
Veröffentlichung: | 1973 |
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