{"id":240053,"date":"2023-02-07T11:44:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T11:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/?post_type=snippet&#038;p=240053"},"modified":"2023-02-07T11:44:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T11:44:36","slug":"awkward-questions","status":"publish","type":"snippet","link":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/snippet\/awkward-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Awkward questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Was Marx right after all?&#8217; This is the question that Germany\u2019s most widely read weekly magazine asks on the cover of its New Year edition. <\/p>\n<p>Fear seems to have gripped the editorial office of Der Spiegel. Something is very wrong with capitalism. As they themselves explain, this fear is widely shared within the ruling class. <\/p>\n<p>The article quotes Ray Dalio, a hedge fund manager worth $22bn, who believes &#8216;capitalism urgently needs to be fundamentally reformed. Otherwise it will perish, and deservedly so.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>The Financial Times is equally alarmed. Goldman Sachs and Bosch are cited among the corporate giants questioning the resilience of the market in the face of looming catastrophe (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marxist.com\/germany-s-biggest-weekly-magazine-asks-was-marx-right-after-all.htm\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tinyurl.com\/bm24yv5b<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-240053","snippet","type-snippet","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet\/240053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/snippet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/snippet"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldsocialism.org\/spgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}