In Socialist countries like the Soviet Union, there is a constitutional basis regarding the implementation of the Work-Standard. For example, the 1936 Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) included an Article which can be interpreted as an… Read More ›
Economics
SMP Compendium: The Four Functions and Six Attributes of Currencies
Every Currency, including the Work-Standard’s Sociable Currency, must be capable of exhibiting four consistent Functions. Without those key defining characteristics, they are unworthy of being practical in the everyday affairs of any country. These Functions are: Those four Functions affect… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Theories of Value (Pt. I of II)
Is the Value of a good or service determined by the value-judgments and attitudes of the beholder? Or is the Value not informed by anyone in particular and can be measured objectively? Assuming if the Value can be judged intrinsically,… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Theories of Value (Pt. II of II)
It was established that the Theory of Value employed by the Work-Standard operates on its own paradigm. Practical applications of the Work-Standard do not rely on either the Labor Theory of Value (LTV), the Subjective and Utility Theories of Value… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Theories of Money (Pt. I of II)
Competing Theories of Money have proliferated in the Western world when the concept of Currency became grew increasingly important since the Renaissance. If the Theories of Value concerned how something supports the Value of any given Currency, then the Theories… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Theories of Money (Pt. II of II)
What shall be the Work-Standard’s Theory of Money to complement RTV? The whole premise of RTV rests squarely on the LER Process, particularly the notion of committing Life-Energy into Vocations to create Actual Arbeit and contribute them to the Life-Energy… Read More ›
Currency Depreciation/Appreciation (Pt. I of II)
All Currencies will gain or lose Value over a period of Zeit (Time). Any increase in the Value is called “Appreciation” whereas any decrease in the Value is “Depreciation.” How the Value changes is dependent on the Currency being Kapital or Geld. For… Read More ›
Update (27 July 2023)
The next round of Entries from the Third Edition of The Work-Standard is coming up in thirty after this Update post goes live. These Entries are from Section Two, where I spent much of my efforts trying to conceptualize the… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: How the Central Bank sets the Exchange Rates under the Work-Standard
In a currency system like the Work-Standard, it becomes inevitable to envisage Sociable Currencies pegged to it as relying on “Fixed Exchange Rates.” After the Death of Bretton Woods, Neoliberalism abandoned Fixed Exchanged Rates in favor of “Floating Exchange Rates.”… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: How the State receives Revenue and allocates the Budget
The Vocational Civil Service (VCS) Economy does not rely on the conventional taxation and budgeting policies found in Liberal Capitalism. The Council State receives the Revenue for its Budget from its own activities and from the Totality. The Arbeit and… Read More ›
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