Despite its title’s promise, the article granted state capitalism no inherent limitations.

Evidence

Although its title was `State Capitalism: its Possibilities and Limitations’, state capitalism was presented in it as a system which not only was superior to the old capitalist companies but did not have any specific, inherent limitations at all. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 305

Categorization

  • QUESTION: Which limitations, if any, did Pollock actually concede? Worth chasing in the published 1941 essay to see how the title’s promise was abandoned.
  • XREF: connects to: Capitalism’s governing order rests on fragile political balances, not inevitability. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 140
  • yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Capitalism’s governing order rests on fragile political balances, not inevitability. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 140