Planning the Future

The market has failed to rise to the challenge of coronavirus, and states everywhere are stepping in – it’s time to make the case for a democratically planned economy.

British railways back under public control. Payrolls of private companies effectively nationalised across many countries. Outsourced carers brought back as public workers. Factories retooling under government orders. State intervention into the economy is suddenly more widespread than it has been in at least a half-century. Even if haltingly: economic planning is back. Unfortunately, this isn’t […]

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