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MacLeod reviews Francis Spufford's new novel "Red Plenty," about the Soviet economist and mathematician Kantorovich who developed linear programming and attempted to develop a computerized system for planning the Soviet economy. MacLeod's review discusses Kantorovich in relation to the debates over the socialist calculation problem, and he suggests that Kantorovich http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/2010/05/red-plenty.html Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c0074ea55cc23bc33m03vuc ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com