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The People's Republic of Walmart: How the World's Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism
by Michal Rozworski, Leigh Phillips
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
I am glad I read this! When my book club started this, we were coming off The Jakarta Method, and this was not quite up the same writing standard. I was frustrated with how some of the points were presented early on, but it really won me over as the book went on. I do think that they should have flipped their chapter order to have the historical chapters at the beginning and the chapters about the different multinational corporations using planning at the end, but I still enjoyed it.
The main thing I took away is that "nationalization is not enough" and we must make industries truly democratic in addition to being publicly owned. I recommend this book for anyone who is newer to the planning debate on the Left.
The main thing I took away is that "nationalization is not enough" and we must make industries truly democratic in addition to being publicly owned. I recommend this book for anyone who is newer to the planning debate on the Left.