From: batcom-AT-poboxes.com
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 18:15:02 +0200
Subject: Re: economics of communist societies


Bob Miller wrote 
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>Finally, I agree with Harald.  Labour time vouchers were a stupid idea.  I
>can understand why groups like the GIK came up with them, but that doesn't
>mean that we should consider them today.  They would be just another form of
>money and as such would tend to lead to a recreation of exchange and
capitalism.

The reason why the GIK (Jan Appel) came up with Labour Time vouchers is
because they seriously confronted the problem of the society transitional to
communism.   Only fantasists like Subversion and the other subscribers to
this list can wish this problem of transition away. Marx did not view labour
time vouchers as necessary for the fully fledged communist society (although
Harald B seems to think that this was the case).   Furthermore Marx stated
that labour time vouchers were personal and therefore non-exchangable so
they would not lead to accumulation of anything. If you are going to
criticise revolutionaries from the past like the GIK or Marx you could at
least do them the courtesy of reading carefully what they said and
understanding why they said it.

Jock (CWO) guesting with Mauro.
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