A National Intranet is arguably the ideal structure to implementing a digitized version of Council Democracy in the digital realm. Compared to the World Wide Web (WWW), the National Intranet is isolated enough from the International Internet to convene aspects… Read More ›
A while ago, a person approached me – referred by a mutual friend – with an idea for increasing the effectiveness of democracy. He thought that by using blockchain or similar technology, one could allow people to vote directly on… Read More ›
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 ›
The first half of my Blog post about the role of Automation in Economic Planning has been established. I have addressed the Work-Standard’s version, MTEP, and how it differs from STEP. Now, I just need to document the available literature… Read More ›
Financial markets appear to have welcomed the latest US inflation data (Reuters) With the inflation crisis well into its second year, a few words have become entrenched in the investor lexicon. There were predictions of a “transient” problem, later much… Read More ›
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 ›
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 Ford government has unveiled its fall economic statement with a handful of tax cuts and changes as the province braces for ‘economic turbulence on the horizon.’ Fall economic statement offers new supports amidst ‘uncertain’ economic future for Ontario — Global… Read More ›
For the first time in 106 years, RCN nurses have decided to strike. “I think a lot of what we do is very undervalued,” said one nurse. Why U.K. Nurses Voted to Strike for the First Time Ever — and What… Read More ›
Bogumil, The possibility of an “economic alliance” would not occur overnight in the 1930s. Like that “military alliance,” it too is another ‘what if’. And there were people in the Western Europe and the US at the time who thought… Read More ›
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