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So we would expect to see much more ‘fair and safe Labour practices’ in socialist countries where the profit motive did not exist, such as the Soviet Union, the

So we would expect to see much more ‘fair and safe Labour practices’ in socialist countries where the profit motive did not exist, such as the Soviet Union, the other countries of the Warsaw Pact, North Korea, Cuba etc. Do we have any evidence that that was the case? Strangely, all those countries appear to have been poorer than their peers (North vs South Korea and East vs West Germany probably being the best to compare to minimize confounders).

claudiawerner 6y ago
>So we would expect to see much more ‘fair and safe Labour practices’ in socialist countries where the profit motive did not exist No, and that's not GP's claim either. It's entirely reasonable (and historically accurate) to say that socialists have consistently pushed for improved labour rights in capitalist countries. That doesn't make any comment as to their achievements (or lack of) in "socialist" countries.