The late Leszek Kolakowski is missed. In 1985 he wrote a review of David Miller’s book, Anarchism for the TLS. Not only is it worthwhile reading for his views on anarchism: “a puerile utopia,” it is also instructive for what he had to say on Marxism: “Anarchists… are strongest when they criticize Marxism as an infallible prescription for despotism.” However what struck me as particularly insightful were his comments on the market economy. I copy them below.
One cannot perhaps suppress the market entirely, it persists even in a concentration camp – which probably comes closest to what an ideal non-market economy would be in modem society. One can suppress it, however, to such an extent as to destroy all the sources of information which only the market can provide, to stifle the possibilities of innovation, to make the entire production system highly inefficient .and to organize a police state which is…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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