A KARL CARLILE MESSAGE:
KARL: Hi Bill
BILL:that is the question. my bet is that central planning did not necessarily lead
to any growth scenarios in cuba. its impact might have been more on equity and
civilised interactions b/tw people. the multipliers coming from the strong USSR
presence in the economy would have kicked irrespective of the type of
allocation and distribution system.
KARL: It is quixotic to suggest, as you do, that Cuba is a
centrally plAnned economy and not a centrally planned economy.
If the planning principle has been operating in Cuba then it follows
that it regulates the economy and thereby the degree and quality of
its economic growth, not outside contingencies. If the latter
determine Cuban economic growth then it is the latter that regulate
its economy (forgive the tautology). You cannot have your cake and
eat it Bill.
In short there is an irrationalist ideology underpinning your notions
as expressed in this message of yours. Irrationalism is an invasive
bourgeois ideology that has reached deep into the experience and praxis of
the working class and in this way sustains its lack of revolutioanry
political vision.
Karl Carlile
