Well WD of course there are correlations between the form of government and the applied economic system. But that wasn't the point. The point I tried to make and I reckon Bulldogg too, is that they aren't interchangeable. They are different entities, but they are very linked to eachother.

Originally Posted by bulldogg

Mate, those aren't forms of government. Communism, facism, socialism and capitalism are different schools of thought on economics not politics.

Totalitarianism, monarchy, republic, authoritarianism and democracy are forms of government.

They are separate and in no way is any one economic system tied to a particular political system.

Excellent Point, you are quite right.

Socialism and Capitalism opposite sides of the same coin. Which is why the answer is somewhere in between, until somebody comes up with a better system.

I dont think its fair to lump socialism with communism. Communism is the far far end of socialism as globalization would be to capitalism.