Market Socialism: A Subjectivist Evaluation

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07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Robert L. Bradley Jr.

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This essay is an attempt to provide a modern overview of the economic calculation debate from the Austrian School perspective. Specifically, the many arguments against market socialism will be consolidated to demonstrate the neglected theoretical strength of the free-market perspective. In this regard, the fact that market socialism never has been implemented or even become a ballot box alternative can be better understood.

Volume 5, Number 1 (1981)

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Bradley, Robert. “Market Socialism: A Subjectivist Evaluation.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 5, No.1 (1981): 23–39.

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