Anybody know some key texts on a digitally planned economy (possibly related to Paul Cockshott's theories)? (lemmygrad.ml)

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I've noticed some users here have mentioned the work of Paul Cockshott and I'm interested in looking into the computational aspects of planning.

I already know a bit about operations research, but couldn't find a good introductory paper about modern economic planning theories, specially since stuff like Google Scholar ranks by citations.

I'm currently reading "Towards a New Socialism" but it doesn't look like it'll delve too deeply into algorithms as far as I've got. Should I drop it and look into "Classical Econophysics" first? Or does anybody know a more technical book that I should look into?

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I recently found this: Mathematics to plan an economy: an introduction to cyber-socialist calculation

It's a book about the mathematics and algorithmic of economic planning. You can download it for free from this site.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

If you want to look into actual algorithms I'm pretty sure that Cockshott himself has published papers on his proposed algorithms. Last time i read New Socialism I'm pretty sure he mentioned them by title.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The transphobe?

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately a transphobe with good economics

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It doesn't seem that way to me. It seems that they're knowledgeable when it comes to the discipline but that's not saying much; a lot of other people are.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

True, but they are one of the more oft-cited proponents of digital planning I've seen on Western forums.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

True.

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