Robert Reich, former US secretary of labour, commenting on the recent economic crisis showed that he understood that China was a capitalist country when he said "There are still only two kinds of capitalism. There's authoritarian capitalism as in China and Singapore, and there's democratic capitalism as in US and Europe. If there's anyone out there who has a better idea, I'm sure the world would love to hear it." (Newsweek, 13 October)
If someone can get us Mr Reich's address we will send him a subscription to the Socialist Standard so he learn about the socialist alternative. RD
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