As a reformed neo-liberal, I recently came across Cockshott’s Towards a New Socialism, and I have to say I’m absolutely stunned. I never even considered there could be anything other than markets to allocate resource in an at least somewhat efficient manner.
I realize that the field has received very little attention, and I am unable to find much other sophisticated research on the topic of computer-optimized central planning or modern takes on the economic calculation problem.
Here are the few things I did manage to find:
Economic Calculation in Light of Advances in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Review of Towards a New Socialism? by W. Paul Cockshott and Allin F. Cottrell
Does anyone know any other things I can look into?
There’s a dearth of good books on planning, but you’re right, TNS is an incredible book that stands alone, and should be required reading for every modern communist.
There’s a short breakdown of the book here for anyone who wants to know the gist:
https://dessalines.github.io/essays/paul_cockshott_cyber_communism.html