British capitalism is utterly broken, reflected in sluggish growth, low productivity, stagnant wages, crumbling schools, and dilapidated infrastructure. Only socialist planning can push the economy out of its slump, and deliver for workers.

In this talk, Adam Booth uncovers the dynamics and laws of the early Soviet economy, providing insight into the potential of economic planning today, and a glimpse of what a future communist society might look like.

With inequality widening and austerity sharpening, calls are growing for greater taxes on the wealth and profits of the elites. But demands to ‘tax the rich’ do not tackle the root of the problem. Instead, we must expropriate the billionaire class.