Re: Louis and Paul, please

[Jim Jaszewski <jjazz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 3 Sep 1995, Paul Cockshott wrote:

> One of the most interesting experiments with
> computerised planning and control of the economy was
> undertaken in Chile during the government of Allende
> in the years 1972 to 1973. The system was designed by
> Stafford Beer and is described in his book 'The Brain of
> the Firm'.  Its objective was to provide real time
> decentralised control of the economy.

        This is a truly important fact about socialist planning that I,
and I assume many others, did not know...

        It's important information like this getting out to the world,
through Internet associations such as this Marxism List, that realizes a
great part of the social potential of computer networks IMO.

        I think that one of the main platform planks of our future
communist party must include a detailed plan to put such powerful economic
levers in the hands of local councils and workplace committees..!



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