From: Jerry Levy (Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Sun May 20 2007 - 11:08:49 EDT
> > The process I was referring to is one where consumers as a > > group decide *ex ante* what should be produced and in > > what quantities. > How in concrete terms would you see this being done? Hi Paul C: Proposals could be made by any interested party (consumers, enterprises, direct producers, scientists, etc.) about what to produce and in what quantities. These proposals could then be posted at online sites that are accessible to the public and people could post 'for' or 'against' comments at the sites. People could then vote, e.g. using a text message sent by a cell phone. It could be easily structured in such a way that a person could vote only once on any specific proposal. After the passage of a reasonable period of time the votes are tabulated and authorization is then given to enterprises to either go ahead and produce x goods in y quantities or not. I realize this is sketchy, but the details could be teased out. In solidarity, Jerry
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