The market cannot by definition be a collective project

Evidence

The setting of social priorities — also known in the socialist literature as planning — would have to be a part of such a collective project. It should be clear, however, that virtually by definition the market cannot be a project at all. — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 609

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines what distinguishes a genuine collective ‘project’ from the market: planning-based priority-setting that the market structurally cannot perform.
• XREF: connects to: Development problems are reframed as mere market-access problems. — Max Haiven, Cultures of Financialization, 419; Markets are human creations amenable to redesign, not natural forces — Donald MacKenzie, An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial…, 1237; The market must be actively constituted by political intervention, not discovered — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 1852 (+1 more)