Freedom, Society, and State - Ludwig von Mises Institute

( 88 ) See, for e x amp Ie, Rob e r t R in ger, Res tor i ng
the American Dream (New York: Harper and Row, 1979),
pp. 118-22.
( 8 9 ) The i de a 0 f the pro p r i eta r y comm u nit y i s
ex c ell en t 1 Y de vel 0 p e d by Ma cCa I I urn in his TheArtot
Community (New York: Laissez Faire Books, n.d.). Note
here the similarity between this scenario and the proposals
of many New Leftists and socialIsts. See, for
example, Milton Kotler, Neighborhood Government
(Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976); and Murray
Bookchin, The Limits of the City (New York: Harper
and Row, 1974). I do not see any incompatibility bet
weenthe prop r i eta r y comm un i t yon the 0 ne hand 8 nd the
operat ion of the market on the other, for such corporat
ions, regardless of their internal structure, would
s til I be 0 per a tin g wit h i n 8 nove r a I I f ram e wo r k 0 f
market coordination. See, for example, Assar Lindbeck,
The Political Economy of the New Left (New York:
Harper and Row, 1971), pp. 93-95.
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