On the website of Tempest, Kim Moody has published an article critiquing a recent interview with Vivek Chibber for Jacobin where he outlines his criticisms of central planning and his support for market socialism.
A summary of the article can be found below:
Kim Moody assesses some recent writings and interview by Catalyst editor and podcaster Professor Vivek Chibber on state planning, market socialism and the transition to socialism. Moody argues that Chibber misidentifies the roots of the contradictions that led to the fall of the Soviet Union and other eastern European states. Chibber’s argument in favor of market socialism not only rests on a mistaken analysis but leads to a mistaken downplaying of the necessity of a revolutionary rupture in the transition to socialism. A mistake with deep and tragic roots in the socialist movement.
You can read Moody’s article here, while you can read the interview with Chibber here.
