Chapter 73 Chapter Thirteen "Socialism in Reality"

The October Revolution established the first post-capitalist country and society in human history, which not only brought a historic divide to the world, but also drew a line between Marxist theory and socialist politics. …After the October Revolution, the tactics and vision of socialists changed, and they began to focus on political practice instead of studying capitalism. ——Goram Therborn (Goram Therborn, 1985, p. 227) Economists today ... have a better understanding than ever before of the contrast between the operation of substantive and formal economic functions.They know that there is a "secondary economy" in society, and maybe there is a "tertiary economy".They also know that there is an unofficial but widespread set of practices that circulates surreptitiously.Without these intervening patches, nothing works.

——Lewin (Moshe Lewin in Kerblay, 1983, p. xxii)