#169 Procurement & Capitalist Price Dynamics
We talk with the Swedish Procurement Guru Emanuel all about capitalist procurement theory, the flaws of standard economic demand and supply theory, and what allocation, or the lack of, in capitalism can teach us about planning a communist society.
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Fantastic stuff. Emanuel is excellent. Really got me thinking in the wake of your conversations with Kliman and Albert. I mean one thing that struck me right away is yeah, solidarity would form a basis for automating the shit jobs. Oh for example, bar/restaurant bathroom cleaners? How bout we have the Boston Dynamics robots dogs do that instead of waging war as violent drones? The possibilities are really endless, and i think that would appel to people at a very basic level
I think this was a better conversation. I think Kliman was unnecessary hostile towards you. Emmanuel made similar points that Kliman made but in a friendly way. I think Parecon basic job complexes has some serious problems. Many of these dirty jobs need to be automated.