Por Kevin Carson. Título original: The Myth of the Private Sector, Part II: The Centrally Planned Global Economy, del 1 de marzo de 2023. Traducido al español por Camila Figueroa. En la primera entrega de esta serie, argumenté que la distinción entre “público” y “privado” carecía en gran parte de sentido porque la similitud en…

Por Kevin Carson. Artículo original: The Myth of the Private Sector, Part II: The Centrally Planned Global Economy, publicado el 1 de marzo de 2023. Traducido al español por Camila Figueroa. En la primera entrega de esta serie, argumenté que la distinción entre “público” y “privado” carecía en gran parte de sentido porque la similitud…

L’economia globale pianificata centralmente Di Kevin Carson. Originale pubblicato il primo marzo 2023 con il titolo The Myth of the Private Sector, Part II: The Centrally Planned Global Economy. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Nella prima parte di questa serie spiegavo che la distinzione tra “pubblico” e “privato” è perlopiù insignificante dato che, in termini organizzativi,…

In the first installment of this series, I argued that the “public” vs. “private” distinction was in large part meaningless because the similarity in organizational style of centralized, hierarchical, and bureaucratically managed institutions outweighed their nominal ownership by the government or by private business. But there’s another sense in which the “private sector” is virtually…

Paul Mason. Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future (Allen Lane, 2015). Based on Mason’s preview of Postcapitalism in his article at The Guardian, I was predisposed to like it. And having read the book itself, I can’t say I’ve changed my mind much. Mason occupies a niche where there is plenty of room for more…

A think piece by Walter Frick at Harvard Business Review (“Understanding the Debate Over Inequality, Skills, and the Rise of the 1%,” Dec. 21) draws a line in the inequality debate between those (mostly CEOs and other corporate apologists) who see it as resulting from a mismatch between the supply and demand for certain skills,…

Karl Hess: Presidential Speechwriter Turned Homesteader Interview by Anson Mount (Mother Earth News) (Originally published in Mother Earth News, January/February, 1976 issue) Introduction It was so easy back then — during the 1950’s and early 60’s — to be a Right Thinking Citizen of the United States. Easy because we all knew who wore the…