Basic Knowledge (1): the Bad Godesberg manifest

"Free choice of consumer goods and services, free choice of working place, freedom for
employers to exercise their initiative as well as free competition are essential conditions of a
Social Democratic economic policy. The autonomy of trade unions and employers’
associations in collective bargaining is an important feature of a free society. Totalitarian
control of the economy destroys freedom. The Social Democratic Party therefore favours a
free market wherever free competition really exists. Where a market is dominated by
individuals or groups, however, all manner of steps must be taken to protect freedom in the
economic sphere. As much competition as possible – as much planning as necessary."

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