What podcasts say about Bhaskar Sunkara
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What Bhaskar Sunkara has said on podcasts
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Market-socialist models can work in practice.
“it took me actually encountering other models of socialism, mostly market socialist models, to be like, okay, this could in fact work.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 7:07
Egalitarians should be confident socialism offers an alternative to capitalism.
“you should be confident that there is a different model than capitalism.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 8:25
Labor-managed firms work in practice.
“We also know from experience that labor-managed firms actually work in practice.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 9:22
Market socialism can combine cooperative production with an expansive public sector.
“Can you have, in fact, a sphere for commodity production where consumer goods and services are produced, run by cooperatives? And can you still have an expansive public sector?”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 10:14
Market socialism can be more egalitarian and potentially more efficient than capitalism.
“a system that is more egalitarian than capitalism, but is at least reasonably close to its efficiency? I would argue more efficient”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 10:33
Markets are intrinsically beneficial.
“markets are great. I think they're an objective good.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 11:39
Worker control and profit-sharing reduce exploitation within firms.
“if the firms are controlled by its workers, if management is elected, if people not only receive a wage but receive a share of residual profits, like a dividend, then it's hard to say that this is a condition of exploitation.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 12:53
New firms would obtain financing from public banks.
“you would be applying for financing from a public bank the same way you would apply for financing today”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 18:54
Worker-owners would receive base wages and residual profit payments.
“they would be paid both a base rate and paid residuals.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 19:52
Market socialism would establish benchmark wages by profession.
“this system has benchmark wages, which you consider minimum wages for broad categories of professions.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 21:36
Benchmark wages would encourage inefficient firms to fail.
“I think you would need this base to encourage firm failure, which is a good in itself.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 22:50
Workers would approve higher pay for competent managers.
“workers will agree to pay differentiation.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 23:32
A just housing system would socialize all land and housing.
“all housing, all the land is socialized.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 25:40
Publicly owned housing can retain market-based rents.
“All the land and housing is public, but there's still a market for rents.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 25:52
Residents should receive secure housing tenure.
“I do believe in secure tenure.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 26:32
Rapid public construction can offset housing price-control distortions.
“the state is making up for it with rapid construction. So there's no zoning barriers, there's no community board barriers.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 26:53
A socialist society must address antisocial behavior.
“you have to address antisocial behavior.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 29:02
State programs should address antisocial behavior through rehabilitation.
“not to punish people, but to actually get them into state programs where they could kind of get healthy and reach their potentials.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 29:53
Public goods require protection from disruptive behavior.
“public goods have to be protected.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 30:47
Policing and decorum enforcement have legitimate roles.
“there is a role for policing. There is a role for enforcing standards of decorum.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 31:48
Public housing residents should obtain approval for major investments.
“I think investments can and should be requested and approved.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 33:17
Residents should receive reimbursement for reasonable capital improvements.
“that capital improvement, you should be reimbursed for reasonable capital improvement.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 34:10
State-led housing construction would outweigh administrative inefficiencies.
“unleashing the power of the state to encourage construction and that effect will grossly, grossly, grossly outweigh any of these inefficiencies.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 35:06
A stronger safety net and income equality would reduce educational disparities.
“a more egalitarian society with an extensive social safety net With employment guarantees and with a more equal distribution of income, I think a lot of these things would resolve themselves.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 41:43
US public education is substantially better than a century ago.
“public education in the US is radically better than it was 100 years ago.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 42:36
Wage labor constitutes exploitation.
“I think that wage labor is a condition of exploitation.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 46:09
Large welfare states can be economically viable but politically unstable.
“it actually turned out to be a system that was economically possible but politically unstable.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 47:50
Liberalism and socialism can be reconciled.
“I believe in a reconciliation of liberalism and socialism.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 51:54
State involvement in shaping behavior is beneficial.
“I think it's a good thing.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 52:29
Sports-betting apps should be barred from sending phone notifications.
“we at least are going to put a ban on sports betting apps notifying you on your phone.”
Open the episode · Bhaskar Sunkara Thinks the Market Has a Place Under SocialismListen at 52:42
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