Critique of the Standard Account of the Socialist Calculation Debate

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Don Lavoie

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As the Marxian philosopher Louis Althusser used to put it, no reading is innocent. The meaning a reader derives from a particular piece of scholarly literature is unavoidably influenced by his premises and analytical frame- work. When the underlying theoretical framework of the reader differs sharply from that of the writers under examination the result is likely to be profound misunderstanding.

Volume 5, Number 1 (1981)

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Lavoie, Don. “Critique of the Standard Account of the Socialist Calculation Debate.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 5, No.1 (1981): 41–87.

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