Socialist Standard - August 2008 pdf torrent

Socialist Standard magazine August 2008 -

Front cover : ‘Trigger Unhappy – Capitalism Goes Gunning for the NHS’

Editorial – ‘Is it the Big One?’ (Capitalism and slumps)

Articles –
‘Who Pays for Health Care?’ (NHS under attack at 60th anniversary)
‘The Selfish Capitalism Hypothesis’ (re Oliver James)
‘The End of the Market?’ (is there an alternative to the market?)
‘Beyond Capitalism – Making Everyone Count’ (developing our full potential)
‘Cloudy View From the Summit’ (G8 in Japan)


Regular features -
Pathfinders (pop science / technology) – ‘Capitalism’s Model Behaviour’
Material World – ‘Campaigners for Humanitarian Intervention: Useful idiots?’
Pieces Together – news cuttings from mainstream media
Cooking the Books 1 (economics) – ‘Sinned against, not sinners’
Cooking the Books 2 – ‘The World Could Produce More Food’
50 years Ago – ‘Depression’
Greasy Pole – ‘David Davis: Freedom’s Champion?’
Voice From the Back - selected news items
Free Lunch – cartoon
Plus letters, reviews, contacts, etc.

Also see www.worldsocialism.org and http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/