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Even Lenin and Trotsky “characterised"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/7171051215026369040\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/01\/neither-capitalist-nor-socialist.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/7171051215026369040"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/7171051215026369040"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/01\/neither-capitalist-nor-socialist.html","title":"Neither Capitalist Nor Socialist: The Political-Economy of Post-Capitalist Societies"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-181P6VXeY8c\/WliSpxvlxSI\/AAAAAAAACpw\/UFOInWylX44e7Bz9mbT6t8A_Y3xgdgN3gCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/CS.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-4780322093133234520"},"published":{"$t":"2018-01-05T09:20:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-06-30T05:47:34.575-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"1917-1989"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"History"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Johanna Bockman"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Markets in the Name of Socialism. 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But there's more; several economists seem to "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/3247671896932045265\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2017\/10\/how-ussr-radically-reduced-income.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/3247671896932045265"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/3247671896932045265"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2017\/10\/how-ussr-radically-reduced-income.html","title":"How the USSR Radically Reduced Inequality, Even Among its Adversaries"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-yYdV_bpPpa0\/WfMIjnW7b3I\/AAAAAAAACWk\/DVXHh6GkaPENmwVo21Y_7zrAFLuTKPAGwCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/DR2.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});