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Computadores y democracia económica

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  • Allin Cottrell

    (Wake Forest University)

  • Paul Cockshott

    (Universidad de Glasgow)

Abstract

The collapse of previously existing socialism was due to causes embedded in its economic mechanism, which are not inherent in all possible socialisms. The article argues that Marxist economic theory, in conjunction with information technology, provides the basis on which a viable socialist economic program can be advanced, and that the development of computer technology and the Internet makes economic planning possible. In addition, it argues that the socialist movement has never developed a correct constitutional program, and that modern technology opens up opportunities for democracy. Finally, it reviews the Austrian arguments against the possibility of socialist calculation in the light of modern computational capacity and the constraints of the Kyoto Protocol.

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  • Allin Cottrell & Paul Cockshott, 2008. "Computadores y democracia económica," Revista de Economía Institucional, Universidad Externado de Colombia - Facultad de Economía, vol. 10(19), pages 161-205, July-Dece.
    • Handle: RePEc:rei:ecoins:v:10:y:2008:i:19:p:161-205
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    1. Arnold, N. Scott, 1987. "Marx And Disequilibrium in Market Socialist Relations of Production," Economics and Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(1), pages 23-47, April.
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    1. William Hongsong Wang & Victor I. Espinosa & José Antonio Peña-Ramos, 2021. "Private Property Rights, Dynamic Efficiency and Economic Development: An Austrian Reply to Neo-Marxist Scholars Nieto and Mateo on Cyber-Communism and Market Process," Economies, MDPI, vol. 9(4), pages 1-17, November.

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    Keywords

    socialist planning; economic calculation; environmental constraints;
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    JEL classification:

    • P21 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform
    • P27 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Performance and Prospects
    • P28 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Natural Resources; Environment

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