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Can Socialism Change its Spots?
Author(s) -
Tame Chris R.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1987.tb01889.x
Subject(s) - socialism , alliance , state socialism , neoclassical economics , political science , political economy , law and economics , law , economics , politics , capitalism , communism
The new formulation of ‘market socialism’ conceals its partial origin in the thinking of socialists of decades ago. Chris Tame, Secretary of the Libertarian Alliance, argues that old and new socialism alike are impracticable and coercive. Both fail to meet objections raised by liberal writers.