> Actually, this triggers a memory that Paul Cockshott (I think) wrote a
> critique of Hayek's information/calculation theories. He was putting
> forward a Parecon-like planning system (slightly less crazy, if I
> recall, but much less specific as to how it would work).
Scratch that - it was Pat Devine who put forward a Parecon-like system. Cockshott's proposal was a more straightforward central planning concept. And his book was very good, in the sense that it showed exactly what is required to operate a centrally planned economy (from an advocate 's perspective).
SA