At the end of March, the editor at European Journal of Political Economy wrote me to inform me that the manuscript EJPE-D-24-00221R1, which is a paper I co-authored with Nick Cowen and Aris Trantidis (both at Lincoln), “Democracy as a Competitive Discovery Process,” (here for a pre-print) had been accepted for publication
The parenthetical claim "(short of revolutionary Marxism)" isn't correct. Any version of socialism that involves comprehensive nationalisation of large corporations would, if successful, ensure that no one could become ultra-wealthy. And, historically, Fabian socialism got pretty close without relying on state terror. The assumption that no real divergence from capitalism is possible is a fatal defect in much (not all) of the liberal tradition.
The parenthetical claim "(short of revolutionary Marxism)" isn't correct. Any version of socialism that involves comprehensive nationalisation of large corporations would, if successful, ensure that no one could become ultra-wealthy. And, historically, Fabian socialism got pretty close without relying on state terror. The assumption that no real divergence from capitalism is possible is a fatal defect in much (not all) of the liberal tradition.