C'mon The People's Republic of Walmart is definitely a worthy read - and of course it's no panacea, but it's definitely something to strive for imo. Read theory, adaptively planned economies are the future anyway; let's not leave the planning up to capital
Planned economies work, but nationalizing Walmart does not a planned economy make, nor is a government-owned company operated as part of a socialist aligned state capitalist planned economy an example of a stateless anti-capitalist and anti-materialistic global commune in unity with nature.
It's "free treats" economics, and it necessitates the continued brutal exploitation of the global south in order to function at all.
Yeah, sure. Especially when it comes to companies like amazon and other multi-national corps, nationalization seems infeasible from the get-go and inadequate even if accomplished. Socialization of these corps, liberation of that tech needs to be embedded in a wider, internationalist struggle - and is, for sure, a rather distant possibility at this point. Still, I think it's worthwhile to think and theorize about. Adaptive planning is just so much better at allocating resources than markets or the central planning of old.
If TPRoW is too shallow a text for you, may I suggest this piece - it's specifically centered on the calculation debate, that holy grail of bourgeois ideology.
C'mon The People's Republic of Walmart is definitely a worthy read - and of course it's no panacea, but it's definitely something to strive for imo. Read theory, adaptively planned economies are the future anyway; let's not leave the planning up to capital
Planned economies work, but nationalizing Walmart does not a planned economy make, nor is a government-owned company operated as part of a socialist aligned state capitalist planned economy an example of a stateless anti-capitalist and anti-materialistic global commune in unity with nature.
It's "free treats" economics, and it necessitates the continued brutal exploitation of the global south in order to function at all.
Yeah, sure. Especially when it comes to companies like amazon and other multi-national corps, nationalization seems infeasible from the get-go and inadequate even if accomplished. Socialization of these corps, liberation of that tech needs to be embedded in a wider, internationalist struggle - and is, for sure, a rather distant possibility at this point. Still, I think it's worthwhile to think and theorize about. Adaptive planning is just so much better at allocating resources than markets or the central planning of old.
If TPRoW is too shallow a text for you, may I suggest this piece - it's specifically centered on the calculation debate, that holy grail of bourgeois ideology.
I have added it to the top of my reading list and will likely report back tonight.
Cheers. It's a pretty dense read, if you want some second-hand commentary, there are two GIU episodes on it: Pt1, Pt2