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Andrew Pollack wrote: > If we were using these computers even to track prices every day in > order to have accurate inputs into an input-output table for the whole > economy, could we possibly need all these contracts (or their > nonmarket equivalent)? Not even a small fraction of them! How widely read BTW is Cockshott & Cottrell's 'Towards a New Socialism' where they sketch out a fully planned computer based socialist economic system..? And how widely is it regarded as a top work on that topic..? I've read it and think it's good, though haven't heard of very many books of the same kind. (C & C's book can be found here: ) http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/ ________________________________________________ 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
