Definitely the wrong Fred Taylor with his The Principles of Scientific Management ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Principles_of_Scientific_Management_(monograph) ) "applying engineering principles to the work done on the factory floor," with his division and subdivision and sub subdivision of work into the most basic of repetitive tasks depriving labor of all charm and satisfaction turning it into mind-numbing work.
The right, meaning Left, Fred Taylor is, or ought be, known for his "The Guidance of Production in a Socialist State" which can be read (along with another market socialist's contribution (Oskar Lange) at https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.263328/page/n45/mode/2up. ( https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.263328/page/n45/mode/2up ) Taylor's essay was given as his American Economic Association ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Economic_Association ) Presidential Address in 1929, as answer to Mises " Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Calculation_in_the_Socialist_Commonwealth ) " (1920) and anticipating Hayek's assault in his collection of pros and cons in his "Collectivist Economic Planning" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek#Economic_calculation_problem. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek#Economic_calculation_problem ) Yes. Yes. Yes, I know. This is not 'Marxist' economics (as both Taylor and Lange decried the Law of Value (the Labor Theory)) but it is nonetheless a useful bit of propaganda, this *A* EA 'presidential address'. And not only that. I think their proposal to have value (pun intended) as a mechanism in the transformation from capitalism to socialism if it is utilized as 'socialist market socialism', i.e. market socialism with the conscious and guiding ideal being how to make the transition from capitalism to 'real' socialism and, from thence, on to communism. Their proposals have the qualities of planning production for consumption in accordance with the neeeds and desires of the consumers as guide and not profit; while, at the same time, preserving incentive. JAI -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#7317): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/7317 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/81375137/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
