Democratic Economic Planning

Democratic Economic Planning proposes a concrete proposal to organize, carry out, and integrate comprehensive annual economic planning, investment planning, and long-run development planning to maximize popular participation, distribute the burdens and benefits of economic activity fairly, achieve environmental sustainability, and use scarce productive resources efficiently. It provides workers in self-managed councils and consumers in neighborhood councils with autonomy over their own activities while ensuring that they use scarce productive resources in socially responsible ways.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 352 pages
\n Publication date: 01 June 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Democratic Economic Planning presents a comprehensive framework for organizing, implementing, and integrating annual economic planning, investment planning, and long-term development planning to maximize popular participation, distribute the burdens and benefits of economic activity fairly, achieve environmental sustainability, and utilize scarce productive resources efficiently. The proposed participatory planning procedures empower workers in self-managed councils and consumers in neighborhood councils with autonomy over their activities while ensuring that they utilize scarce productive resources in socially responsible ways without subjecting them to competitive market forces. To fully understand and evaluate the planning procedures discussed and evaluated in the technical sections of several chapters, certain mathematical and economic skills are required. These sections are essential to advancing the theory of democratic planning and should be of primary interest to readers with those skills. However, the book is written in a way that allows the main argument to be followed without fully delving into the more technical aspects.

Democratic Economic Planning is aimed at dreamers who seek to organize a system of equitable cooperation and at skeptics who demand concrete proof that an economy without markets and private enterprise is feasible. The book provides a concrete proposal for how to organize, carry out, and integrate comprehensive annual economic planning, investment planning, and long-run development planning to maximize popular participation, distribute the burdens and benefits of economic activity fairly, achieve environmental sustainability, and utilize scarce productive resources efficiently. The participatory planning procedures proposed give workers in self-managed councils and consumers in neighborhood councils autonomy over their own activities while ensuring that they use scarce productive resources in socially responsible ways without subjecting them to competitive market forces.

To fully understand and evaluate the planning procedures discussed and evaluated in the technical sections of several chapters, certain mathematical and economic skills are required. These sections are essential to advancing the theory of democratic planning and should be of primary interest to readers with those skills. However, the book is written in a way that allows the main argument to be followed without fully delving into the more technical aspects.

Democratic Economic Planning is a valuable resource for anyone interested in exploring alternative economic systems that prioritize social justice, sustainability, and equitable distribution of resources. The book offers a comprehensive framework for organizing, implementing, and integrating annual economic planning, investment planning, and long-term development planning to achieve these goals. By empowering workers and consumers with autonomy and promoting socially responsible resource utilization, Democratic Economic Planning provides a path toward a more prosperous and sustainable future.

\n Weight: 566g\n
Dimension: 155 x 235 x 39 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781032003320\n \n