Socialist economics after the collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries underwent a radical transformation during the 1990s. The flaws of Soviet-Type Economic Planning (STEP) not only demonstrated its impracticality at this stage of the State of Total… Read More ›
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Automation and Economic Planning (Pt. I of II)
Various Entries in The Third Place (1st Ed.) were devoted to describing three Modes of Production that are relevant to understanding how the Work-Standard will function if implemented in practice. Those three were designated as Production for Profit, Production for… Read More ›
Update (15 November 2022)
I know it has been a while since I wrote a major Blog post, but I have been receptive to the fact that fewer people are less interested in my forays into International Relations. I understand that not everyone wants… Read More ›
The Third Place: Council Democracy at the Workspace (Pt. III of III)
Competition in the Tournament rewards those who do their Professions well and this will consistently be demonstrated by those who have just found their Vocations in Life. Those who perform their tasks and complete their assignments with the greatest utmost… Read More ›
The Third Place: Council Democracy at the Workspace (Pt. II of III)
Not everything in the State of Total Mobilization can be planned ahead in advance and in meticulous detail befitting of conventional economic planning methods. Sometimes, it is necessary for certain Enterprises to be able to perform its Legal Duties with… Read More ›
Economic History Case Studies: The Work-Standard’s “Geldoperation”
It can be argued that The Work-Standard is in many respects an attempt at realizing what Johann Gottlieb Fichte described as the “Geldoperation” (Money Operation) within his philosophical book on Economic Planning, The Closed Commercial State. This book from the… Read More ›