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Most of the paper is dedicated to Medicare for All. We knew this was coming.\n\n\n\n\nOriginally published on Occasional Links \u0026 Commentary (Oct. 29, 2018). \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/173890505967559509\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/red-scare-2018-socialism-and-healthcare.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/173890505967559509"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/173890505967559509"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/11\/red-scare-2018-socialism-and-healthcare.html","title":"Red Scare 2018: Socialism and Healthcare"}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-lz7N5es-mxo\/W9j0_ZEHA-I\/AAAAAAAADyU\/Xi23rxAOq_wNQ8DaDNJfc0i3lSU6ZPyigCEwYBhgL\/s72-c\/1024px-Warren_Medicare_for_All_%252836492682584%2529.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-4086665308489714498"},"published":{"$t":"2018-10-26T07:51:00.001-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-25T14:11:24.273-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Environment"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ideals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Milton's Myths"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Robin Eric Hahnel"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Milton's Myth #3: Free Enterprise is Efficient"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n✑ ROBIN HAHNEL | ± 6 minutes\n\n\n\n‟Capitalists understandably use market prices, not true social costs.\n\nMilton Friedman said free enterprise promotes efficiency. But the quest for profits can drive firms to choose technologies which reduce efficiency or are contrary to the social interest.  (All of Milton's myths here).\n\n\n\n\nOriginally published in chapter ten of Hahnel's book The ABC's of "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/4086665308489714498\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/10\/miltons-myth-3-free-enterprise-is.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/4086665308489714498"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/4086665308489714498"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/10\/miltons-myth-3-free-enterprise-is.html","title":"Milton's Myth #3: Free Enterprise is Efficient"}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-YGnlerMPKCw\/XCj5bumVrZI\/AAAAAAAAEPU\/6tpHSNPjBQYQ4EitaBECLWBmSmADKL0owCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/miltonsmyth3.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-7104995453277423237"},"published":{"$t":"2018-10-15T04:05:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-06-30T05:52:53.970-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Frederick Engels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"History"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ideals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marx"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Principles of Communism (in 25 questions and answers). Part II."},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n✑ FREDERICK ENGELS | ± 18 minutes\n\n\n\n‟Above all, it will establish a democratic constitution.\n\n\nWhat is communism? How would if affect society? How can it be achieved? What's the difference between communists and socialists? Frederick Engels, Marx's closest collaborator, answers 25 simple questions on communism.\n\n\n\n\n    \n\nOriginally published in German in 1847. 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What is the proletariat? What's the effect of periodic economic crises? What's the road to communism? Frederick Engels, Marx's closest collaborator, answers 25 simple questions on communism.\n\n\n\n\n    \n\nOriginally published in German in 1847. Extract from Marxists.org (translation: "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/5872560606481886813\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/10\/the-principles-of-communism-in-25.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/5872560606481886813"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/5872560606481886813"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/10\/the-principles-of-communism-in-25.html","title":"The Principles of Communism (in 25 questions and answers)"}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-DOc0kFZY8Qg\/W7d9pW3hJ5I\/AAAAAAAADoY\/x4l70izbdigGUcuzOlTFn6Zh4LPBgyPOACEwYBhgL\/s72-c\/Engels.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-2360871933916102790"},"published":{"$t":"2018-09-21T07:55:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-16T02:46:24.108-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Andrew J. 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And we're asking you to join the discussion.\n\n\n\n\nLast week, SE"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/2360871933916102790\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/09\/whats-use-of-economics-for-left.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/2360871933916102790"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/2360871933916102790"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/09\/whats-use-of-economics-for-left.html","title":"What's the use of Economics for the Left? 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We have asked four eminent, leftist economists for an answer; David "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/725329721309331482\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/09\/whats-standing-in-way-of-socialism-four.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/725329721309331482"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/725329721309331482"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/09\/whats-standing-in-way-of-socialism-four.html","title":"What's Standing In The Way Of Socialism? 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This week, myth number 2: the idea that free enterprise promotes political freedom. \"Friedman is blind to the dictatorship of the propertied\""},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/2487320587794857039\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/07\/miltons-myth-2-free-enterprise-promotes.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/2487320587794857039"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/2487320587794857039"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/07\/miltons-myth-2-free-enterprise-promotes.html","title":"Milton's Myth #2: Free Enterprise Promotes Political Freedom"}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-xUvoSU16zgE\/W0lA4KneiFI\/AAAAAAAADbY\/_v4pTJ3pK4AhTMaJ2AcSqC4VHFVzZIjmQCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/miltonsmyth2.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-6647546735422155054"},"published":{"$t":"2018-07-08T03:34:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-06-30T05:52:33.631-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"History"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ideals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lucia Huber"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Hitler Was A Lunatic, But His Crimes Were Supported By Rational, Profit-maximizing Firms"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n✑ LUCIA HUBER | 2,842 words\n\n\n\n‟Cold rationality is an underestimated threat.\n\n\nIndustrialists saw the Nazi Party as a convenient partner and I.G. Farben became an essential ally of the Nazis. They were businessmen doing what any rational businessman does under a capitalist system - maximize profits. Cold rationality is an underestimated threat. The problem is systemic, the solution must be "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/6647546735422155054\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/07\/hitler-was-lunatic-but-his-crimes-were.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/6647546735422155054"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/6647546735422155054"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/07\/hitler-was-lunatic-but-his-crimes-were.html","title":"Hitler Was A Lunatic, But His Crimes Were Supported By Rational, Profit-maximizing Firms"}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jvpdOPO2qeE\/W0Hh_0xalcI\/AAAAAAAADaQ\/8vJao19nNNsRdU9uu9dL0KJa9sP5yuKbwCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/hitlerbusiness.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-4986141830068638216"},"published":{"$t":"2018-06-15T17:45:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-16T02:39:00.539-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ideals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Milton's Myths"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Robin Eric Hahnel"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Milton's Myth #1: Free Enterprise Equals Economic Freedom"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n✑ ROBIN HAHNEL | 2,318 words\n\n\n\n‟We find Friedman’s concept of economic freedom inadequate.\n\n\nA point-by-point response to Milton Friedman’s claims about the purported virtues of free market capitalism that have grown to become popular myths. This week, myth number 1: free enterprise provides economic freedom, unleashes people’s economic creativity and promotes political freedom. 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The result is a different utopian horizon.\n\n\n\n\n    \n\nOriginally published by David Ruccio's personal blog "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/3520160535943335085\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/05\/utopia-and-markets.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/3520160535943335085"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/3520160535943335085"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/05\/utopia-and-markets.html","title":"Utopia And Markets"}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8daiNpeHpZI\/Wwe7wUzjbII\/AAAAAAAADOw\/pywdPOI3zSYK7YlhzhdZR_2KZp4pS0fMACLcBGAs\/s72-c\/DR4.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-1827329541196797486"},"published":{"$t":"2018-05-18T06:39:00.002-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-16T02:30:44.920-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ideals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marx"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Prabhat Patnaik"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Unequal World"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Capitalism, Poverty and Praxis"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n\n\n✑ PRABHAT PATNAIK | 4,915 words\n\n\n\n‟Globalization entails a resumption of primitive accumulation of capital as in colonial times. \n\n\nGlobalized capitalism does not only lead to growing inequality but also growing absolute poverty, economist Prabhat Patnaik argues. The explanation lies in the concept of primitive accumulation - the dispossession of pre-capitalist petty producers by capitalist "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/1827329541196797486\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/05\/capitalism-poverty-and-praxis.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/1827329541196797486"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/1827329541196797486"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/05\/capitalism-poverty-and-praxis.html","title":"Capitalism, Poverty and Praxis"}],"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$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-4YA_xeNrnBU\/WyDzZPbNa8I\/AAAAAAAADVI\/YlWllqQkoZYRhBK3zydNDJ5oT9OZSiIpACLcBGAs\/s72-c\/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-06-13%2Bat%2B12.34.33%2BPM.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-4565749781097744089"},"published":{"$t":"2018-05-04T01:22:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-09-23T00:59:41.731-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Anwar Shaikh"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Brazil"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Economics (the science)"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ideals"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Keynesian Boosts Have Not Always Worked. 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Economics professor Anwar Shaikh argues the answer lies not in "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/4565749781097744089\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/05\/keynesian-boosts-have-not-always-worked.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/4565749781097744089"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/4565749781097744089"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/05\/keynesian-boosts-have-not-always-worked.html","title":"Keynesian Boosts Have Not Always Worked. 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But Capitalism only replaced old unfreedoms — imposed on the slave by the slave-owner, on the serf by the landowner — with new unfreedoms.\n\n\n\n\n    \n\nOriginally published here by With Sober Senses (October 12, 2016), a publication "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/4725818667827438942\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/03\/freedom-for-whom-debate-with-libertarian.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/4725818667827438942"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/4725818667827438942"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/03\/freedom-for-whom-debate-with-libertarian.html","title":"Freedom for Whom? 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Its pillars: democratic decentralised planning procedures (not markets), balanced jobs (replacing monotonous work) and "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/4221039347166704191\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/02\/maximising-economic-democracy-and.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/4221039347166704191"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/4221039347166704191"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/02\/maximising-economic-democracy-and.html","title":"Maximising Economic Democracy and Justice in a Real-World Economy"}],"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\/-t9XjcmSSnLs\/XCeD12Ru-xI\/AAAAAAAAEOo\/w0iP4urj7GY2yrRBTKjHiCqbIKzqAg_ogCLcBGAs\/s72-c\/AS%2526JC.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-6696696593404899578"},"published":{"$t":"2018-02-24T03:43:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-04-16T02:20:53.390-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Current Affairs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ideals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michael Roberts"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Models of Public Ownership"},"summary":{"type":"text","$t":"\n✑ MICHAEL ROBERTS | 1,069 words\n\n\n‟Banks, financial sector, strategic industries...no talk of taking over these sectors at the Labour Party conference.\n\n\nThe British Labour Party presented some excellent ideas at its special conference on models of public ownership - from reversing previous privatisations to implementing Universal Basic Services. However, without control of finance and the "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/feeds\/6696696593404899578\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/02\/models-of-public-ownership.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/6696696593404899578"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/7892386910911927227\/posts\/default\/6696696593404899578"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.socialisteconomist.com\/2018\/02\/models-of-public-ownership.html","title":"Models of Public Ownership"}],"author":[{"name":{"$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\/-8Yi0ocPJVvY\/W0h9cbVf-jI\/AAAAAAAADa4\/0fkiOubNl5AuAkgxIGCPvx7VkToIHt_5wCPcBGAYYCw\/s72-c\/MRnew.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892386910911927227.post-7686098350750651803"},"published":{"$t":"2018-02-17T08:01:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2019-07-07T06:29:22.161-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Big Banks \u0026 Finance"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bitcoin"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cryptocurrencies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"David F. 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