Can Capitalism Save Itself? A Pro-Capitalist Answer to the Socialist Ownership Argument

Capitalism has a weakness its opponents understand better than its defenders: too few people own the engines that create wealth. This paper does not argue for replacing capitalism. It argues that capitalism still has one move left — and if it makes that move, socialism loses its strongest argument.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-06-24
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20822191
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Political Economy and Marxism
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Can Capitalism Save Itself? A Pro-Capitalist Answer to the Socialist Ownership Argument

Michael A. Cervantes
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Political Economy and Marxism
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Can Capitalism Save Itself? A Pro-Capitalist Answer to the Socialist Ownership Argument

Michael A. Cervantes
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Abstract

Capitalism has a weakness its opponents understand better than its defenders: too few people own the engines that create wealth. This paper does not argue for replacing capitalism. It argues that capitalism still has one move left — and if it makes that move, socialism loses its strongest argument.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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