Re: ECON: Re: Russia coming around?

From: Alex F. Bokov (alexboko@umich.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 19 2001 - 10:17:16 MST


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> >From: "Randy Smith" <randysmith101@hotmail.com>
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> >Yes, I would not be surprised to see a flurry of "news stories"
> >about how the Russian economy is "coming around", seeing as how
> >the utter failure of the Russian economy is a persistent reminder
> >that neoconservative/libertarian politics is simply a concession
> >of the ownership rights of the citizens to the upper classes.

Isn't socialism also such a concession, except the ownership rights
are then called 'privileges' or maybe even 'responsibilities' and
the upper classes are called 'public servants'?

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