The absence of public ownership and planning is holding back our country
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This piece was written for the physical publication of the Federation of Socialist Societies: The Commonweal, Issue #3 - May 2023. It can also be read on plainsight.nz and 1of200.nz New Zealand is caught in the gyre of many crises, all of which reflect the inability of “free” markets to provide for the needs of either individuals or society as a whole. This malaise hangs over not just New Zealand, but the wider Western world. Meanwhile the oft quoted adage “it is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism” has become a bromide for sections of the left caught in a feedback loop of defeatism, economic illiteracy, and post-materialism.
The absence of public ownership and planning is holding back our country
The absence of public ownership and planning…
The absence of public ownership and planning is holding back our country
This piece was written for the physical publication of the Federation of Socialist Societies: The Commonweal, Issue #3 - May 2023. It can also be read on plainsight.nz and 1of200.nz New Zealand is caught in the gyre of many crises, all of which reflect the inability of “free” markets to provide for the needs of either individuals or society as a whole. This malaise hangs over not just New Zealand, but the wider Western world. Meanwhile the oft quoted adage “it is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism” has become a bromide for sections of the left caught in a feedback loop of defeatism, economic illiteracy, and post-materialism.