From the hole to the well
Transition from state economy to tivaldariya
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Today, in economic literature, in addition to the two famous forms of “socialist economy” and “free market economy”, another type of economic system called “crony capitalism” or “political capitalism” is known. It seems that what happened in our country was also a move towards such a system: we left the state economy, but we did not enter the market economy, but we entered a kind of state or friendship or political capitalism, whose Iranian name can be called “tul-dari economy”. ” put.
But why do I say from the hole to the well? Because when we were in the hole of the state economy, it was clear that the economy was inefficient and the responsibility for it was with the government officials who were finally accountable to some extent. But since the economy became non-governmental and “Khasulti” took over, no one is responsible anymore. If a cabinet minister is asked why the situation of a certain industry is like this, he says that they have been privatized and are not related to us. Worse, the centralized oversight of the bureaucratic system that existed in the state economy is completely absent in this new model. Qualities are subject to commercial law in appearance, but the force of commercial law does not reach them.
It is good to explain about this: the general rule is that both in the state economy and in the market economy, there should be some kind of monitoring of economic activities to prevent abuse and corruption. The supervision that exists in the competitive free market is created by the mechanism of economic competition itself. Competition makes companies collect their hands and feet, not waste resources, deal with their internal corruption and move towards efficiency. Why? Because if this does not happen, their interests will be jeopardized and they will be out of the competition. This is the property of the market economy.
But this is not the case in the system of khasulti or state capitalism. Khusulati companies are owned by managers who are not accountable to shareholders or to the government. They are in power for a limited period of time and try to make maximum use of the resources at their disposal – for personal benefits – in this limited opportunity; Exactly the same as the old loot system. Unfortunately, this looting system has been reestablished in Iran’s economy for some time. That is why I say that we have fallen from the pit to the pit and fighting this system is not an easy task.
Dr. Musa Ghaninejad in a conversation with Tejarat Farda
Economics in plain language
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