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That blog post provides a lucid exposition of Otto Neurath's concerning socialist economic planning. Otto Neurath was trained as an economist, and during the Great War, he worked for the government of Austria-Hungary as an economic planner on behalf of that government's war effort. It was his experiences in that role which persuaded him of both the feasibility and the desirability of socialist economic planning. Many other people reached similar conclusions based on their experiences during the Great War, as most of the belligerent powers adopted government planning of their economies for the sake of sustaining their war efforts. Lenin, for instance, cited German state capitalism, as it was developed during the war as a model to be learned from by the Soviet Union. Neurath stressed the role that in-kind calculations played in government economic planning during the Great War. After the war, the Social Democratic administration in Bavaria hired Neurath to oversee a commission that was charged with responsibility for creating a plan for the socialization of the Bavarian economy. Amidst the chaos of 1919, the Bavarian premier, Kurt Eisner, was assassinated by right-wing nationalists. The Social Democratic government was soon replaced by a radical left-wing government consisting of left Social Democrats, Spartacists, and anarchists, which proclaimed Bavaria to be a Soviet republic. That government was soon replaced by one that was even further to the left. Meanwhile, Otto Neurath continued with his work with the commission. Eventually, the German Army would suppress the Soviet republic, and Otto Neurath was among those arrested for having served that government. He was put on trial for treason, convicted, and sentenced to imprisonment in a fortress. Prominent German academics like Max Weber spoke out on his behalf. The Austrian government interceded and he was granted clemency, and he was released from prison and expelled from Germany. He returned to Austria, where he continued to work on behalf of the workers movement there. As an admirer of Ernst Mach, he helped to found the Vienna Circle, working with people like Mortiz Schlick and Rudolf Carnap. He co-authored the Circle's manifesto, The Scientific Conception of the World: The Vienna Circle with Carnap. His writings in defense of socialist economic planning were what provoked Ludwig von Mises to write his famous 1920 article, "Economic calculation in the socialist commonwealth." Later on, Otto Neurath carried on a debate by post with Friedrich Hayek over the socialist calculation problem. Jim Farmelant http://independent.academia.edu/JimFarmelant http://www.foxymath.com Learn or Review Basic Math ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Louis Proyect via Marxism <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Marxism] [SUSPICIOUS MESSAGE] Profits Beyond Reason and Reason Beyond Profits - COSMONAUT Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 08:14:21 -0400 On 3/24/19 8:09 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote: > > Is the economic calculation problem a valid argument against planned > economies? Max Black argues that this so-called problem is based on > flawed reasoning and that a world beyond markets is possible. > > https://secure-web.cisco.com/1lcyIlw_4fxr-KdpbSI2-qTiUJCu8JIWq0ul6tRZTCwwzDj-zZZFTGAzR8d42wNy9-RNyPQ7Nxe_SC7jNvsO52J7MfEm-r0FwzqmnTLJ-yzKhmeB6LAWd_yulT3UtVUahhLLviZ0BntXwoHHECaIs05uOJtmIW5IL0rP4KNP1-TusWPMn6AZMsQcRbMBlp-I5Pm1BXZMOtCkJrkLzXg_yHtI4e4RSsKlnTZyTLtoHRk4697k1Jzs5zviN4WBkK_OLOwsY2wnRKBWUaz_B7umkU1RKpw2ZNVtzC_RyZ03W6TIwsfQu6hrqKwk8hYEjZM1dWPqsJvXn9zURSVejD1BaR8cESF-TixRiMlHt_ZxAN-NO2uOuAAVvRIEiO6mqBClx/https%3A%2F%2Fcosmonaut.blog%2F2019%2F03%2F23%2Fprofits-beyond-reason-and-reason-beyond-profits%2F > > Again, the Utah spam filter flips out. Just go to https://cosmonaut[dot]blog/2019/03/23/profits-beyond-reason-and-reason-beyond-profits/ ____________________________________________________________ Sad News For Meghan Markle And Prince Harry track.volutrk.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5c979aabb08901aab757fst03vuc _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
