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Letter No12 by Mike Allott: email I back to directory |
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9 Jan 2004: Uneconomic socialism Sir, The former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, says: "I would like to see the Government leading from a philosophy of socialism, rather than arguing from economic arguments" (report, January 5).
If socialism is a philosophy it is one that has been subjected to many
interpretations - none of which has ever ignored economic arguments.
Socialism reflects political theories based in a secular
Those who continue to advocate socialist solutions tend to be those who
have allowed nostalgia to cloud the realities of stark choices in a
rapidly changing world. It is no surprise that the mainstream Yours faithfully,
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