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Sunday, September 30, 2018

Gaspers: Capitalists (1967)

From the June 1967 issue of the Socialist Standard

. . . we felt that if there was any trouble with capitalism it was that there weren’t enough people who identified themselves as capitalists . . . (W. G. Keith Finston, President of the New York Stock Exchange. Guardian 14.1.67)
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“The primary object of the new National Steel Corporation will be to make a profit, said its Chairman, Lord Melchett, last night”. (Guardian 4.5.67)

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Employee-executives, in the £3,000—£8,000 range with the average family responsibilities, are not left with sufficient net income to lead private lives free of money worries. (Letter to Financial Times 9.5.67)

1 comment:

  1. 'Gaspers' were a feature of the Socialist Standard in the mid-to-late 60s in the pages of the Socialist Standard. They were wee space fillers, making short and not so sweet points against the barbarity and in(s)anity of capitalism.

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