Market Socialism and Socialist Market Economy

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1、3MarketSocialism?SocialistMarketEconomy?'IntroductionThelinkingofthetwotermssocialismandmarkethasalonghis•tory.Variouscombinationsandtiesbetweenthemhaveemergedinlong-lasting,sometimesratherheateddebates,inacademiccirclesandinthepoliticalsphere,including"marketsocialism"and"socialistmarkete

2、conomy,"tomentionbuttwofrequentones.fllTolookatrecentexperienceinChinaandVietnamandthestudyoftheiractualhistorymayhelpinareconsiderationoftherelationshipbetweensocialismandthemarket.Anoppositeapproachmayalsoproveuseful.Recallingpastpoliticalandacademicdebatesmaycontributetoabetterunderstan

3、dingoftherealitiesofcontemporaryhistory.Analystsareatriskofgettinglostinminordetails.Confrontingtoday'sexperi•encewithintense,century-olddebateswillhelptoplaceChineseandVietnamesedevelopmentinawiderhistoricalcontext.Thedebatessofarhavealwaysbeenblurredbyconceptualcon•fusion.Thisstudyattemp

4、tstoapplysomeconceptualclarificationtothem."[TheauthorgratefullyacknowledgesthevaluableassistanceofYingyiQianandAgnesSchanner.]1[Theterminology("marketsocialism")--asitisgoingtobedealtwithinthisstudy--•hasoriginallybeenusedbyacademiceconomists,whiletheexpression"socialistmarketeconomy"isch

5、aracteristicofthelanguageoftheofficialChineseideology.]47STUDY3lVIAIIKETSOCIALlSlVI?SOCIALISTMARKETECONOMY'InterpretationoftheTerm"Market"Iwilldiscussfiveinterpretationsoftheterm"socialism."Therearemanymore,butmostoftheotherscanbetreatedasblendsorTheinterpretationoftheconceptofmarketisnott

6、oodifficult.Thereiscombinationsofthesefive,pureinterpretations,orasintermediate,moreorlessaconsensus.Themarketisamechanismforcoordinatingtemporal,ortransitionalstagesbetweentheln.humanactivities.Itisasocialarrangementforintegrationofsociety.~Themarketisnottheonlymechanismofcoordinationandi

7、nteg•ration.Letmementionjustonealternative,thefeasibleandpower•Interpretation1:Marx'sConceptfuloneofbureaucraticcoordination,asanexampleofspecialrele•vanceinthecontextofChineseandVietnameseexperience.ItservedasI~etusstartwithKarlMarx.Hewasnotthefirsttousethete