"Capitalism operates only on the basis of private costs, only private costs are rewarded and repaid, and not social costs. And even in a competitive capitalism where competition forces producers to sell at cost price takes into account only private costs and not social costs."
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"The Economic Operation of a Socialist Society: I", lectures in 8 May 1942, published in Contribution to Political Economy (1987)
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Oskar R. Lange
Oskar Ryszard Lange (July 27, 1904 – October 2, 1965) was a Polish economist and diplomat. He was most known for advocating the use of market pricing tools in socialist systems and providing a model of market socialism.
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