The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-10
Is Capitalist Planned Economy Possible?


What undertake under these circumstances?
Firstly further concentration of production further Capitalization TO
capital further monopoaon all the important capitalist
The mechanism of finance capital brought into s state
perfection by further fusion of bank and industrial capital by
monopo extending Spheres the transport
service the internal and external trade lately for instance the
big export monopes of the United States have become
prominent Furthermore the Capitalization of bank capital
steadily In word all the methods of finance capital are constantly
developed for the peaceful organization of its monopoly SYSTEM the
system which praised last autumn by the participants in the Zurich
their head wonderful of stable harmonious properly
regulated" national himself has
substitute for the lost beauty of bpb capitalism the sombart late
capitalism
this prophecy the of sombar of another quiet 100
for capitalism prospect such old would
probably wish for himsef).
Herkne another old weknown figure is not sentimental
idylic comparison:
Perhaps capitalism resembles barrel celebrated
vintage which is fed from time time with socialist but
without deprvng it of its maturity"
that Kautsky the chief Marxist
the peaceful ultra imperialism of somba we'll with the capital
of Herkne for hasn't he said in his last work:
"Materialist Conception of History"
Capitalism has through crises has been able to
demands purely viewpoint to
vitality than half a century ago."
This is the length this "Marxst" has gone.
What does this regulated Continued capitalism this capitalist
which aspre achieve
na of the Soviet Union works according to
Plancan anything similar be in the capitalist world?
Wall Street for instance of complete control rgula
ton of the world market But hardly have such
dreams been conceived when harsh reality the form of wild pecu
ton the Stock Exchange and sharp international credit crisis
even in few countries through capitalist monopoly? Certainly not
Gigantic concentration of the production and Capitalization
of capitalism truly schemes for the Specialization labor these
facts But also fact that capitalist monopoly exist only
capitalist mleu and this the mieu of
modify production of simultaneously existing competition rivalry
Capitalist monopoly finds itself nsoube
to general meu cay shown by Lenn the basis of the
Marxst doctrine in his Imperialism Enges in his notes volume
Ill Capital when dealing with increased efforts of the capitalists
production
thereby prices profits following
ut seeyd that such experiments possible only under
relatively favorable economic weather conditions
ton regulation surely this not the business of the capitalist
class" free translation, Tr.)
This the of working superficial
comparsonfrom this of vewbetween the system
of the Soviet Union and that of the capitalist will show
Socialist Planned Economy.
Capitalization production
which free competition plays subordinate monopoly
of foreign trad rational according plan only in
dusty and trade but also this quite from the
socialist character of this planned organzaona
FORM the possibility of productive
such not possible capitalist country Even take
consideration
the capitalist countries losses through strikes easily imagine
what savings the economic of the Soviet Union
plies because the working class itself the the of
production Moreover bear mind capt.
a monopoly succeeds IN partially eliminating free competition this
happens capitalist countries much develop
social forces production but rather impede this development
contrary precisely
the abolition capitalist monopoly through the establishment
monopoly the working that the social production
international
with surrounding
tal world compensated by the upsurge
emanpated nationally productive
Union.
sphere planned economy most diff
cult the Soviet Unon namely agriculture the application the
present of the P S. u gigantic forward
the of colvzaion agriculture FARMS
lectve etc.,. The collective enterprises
prise at the Soviet Union about 23 million hectares
the the Plan 25 million
tares that to times much This
cia in the development the national
ried through with the the
peasantry of the Soviet Union This