On Labor’s Heraclitus: The Fragments of Socialism: There is no socialist solution to Australia's economy

Michael De Percy

On Labor’s Heraclitus: The Fragments of Socialism: There is no socialist solution to Australia's economy

Michael De Percy

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My copy of The Fragments of Heraclitus translates his most famous line as: ‘Into the same river we both step and do not step. We both are and are not.’ We are all part of the economic system of capitalism, but we do not all agree on the role of government in the economy. Using Heraclitus’s statement to signal that we need a ‘new’ type of capitalism is misguided. Here’s why.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Spectator Australia
Publication status	Published - 17 Feb 2023

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On Labor’s Heraclitus: The Fragments of Socialism: There is no socialist solution to Australia's economy

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