From: Dave Zachariah (davez@kth.se)
Date: Wed Jun 04 2008 - 12:18:47 EDT
on 2008-06-04 17:56 GERALD LEVY wrote: > > > Putting aside the question of market socialism for the moment, my > reservation > > about having an "Opsroom" is that it is a part of a hierarchical > structure in > > which the "planners" have a high degree of control over the > process. Instead > > of thinking of an Opsroom model of decision-making, I think we > should be thinking > > of a more decentralized model in which workers themselves have > direct control over > > the process. Advances in information technology (including the > diffusion of > > personal computers, Internet access, and cell phones) make this > possible now in > > a way which was beyond the capability of Chilean society under the > UP government. > > Medium to long-term macroeconomic planning has to be a process of centralized decision-making. Of course, those decisions need not be taken in a small "Opsroom". //Dave Z _______________________________________________ ope mailing list ope@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/ope
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