ABSTRACT
Even before advances in mathematical theory, computer computational capacities, it was possible to do comprehensive socialist planning because it was possible for groups of workers and consumers to plan their interrelated economic activities together themselves, efficiently and equitably, as it was explained and proposed in this book. The most important contribution made in this book is to have explained concretely how to reconcile comprehensive democratic planning with autonomy. In Part III it was explained how annual participatory planning can be conducted without a central authority and allow worker and consumer councils to manage themselves. In Part IV a proposal for how to go about “participatory investment planning” was presented. In Part V proposals for three different kinds of long-run development planning were presented. Many who are coming to understand the need for planning are insistent that this time planning must not only be subject to democratic control, but also be made compatible with autonomy of action for workers and consumers.
