{"product_id":"9781786635167","title":"Leigh Phillips, Michal Rozworski - The People's Republic of Walmart How the World's Biggest Corporations are Laying the Foundation for Socialism","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Leigh Phillips, Michal Rozworski. Themes include Political Science, Political Economy, Political Ideologies, Communism, Post-Communism \u0026amp; Socialism, Commentary \u0026amp; Opinion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAre multi-national corporations like Walmart and Amazon laying the groundwork for international socialism?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For the left and the right, major multinational companies are held up as the ultimate expressions of free-market capitalism. Their remarkable success appears to vindicate the old idea that modern society is too complex to be subjected to a plan. And yet, as Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski argue, much of the economy of the West is centrally planned at present. Not only is planning on vast scales possible, we already have it and it works. The real question is whether planning can be democratic. Can it be transformed to work for us?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An engaging, polemical romp through economic theory, computational complexity, and the history of planning, \u003ci\u003eThe People’s Republic of Walmart\u003c\/i\u003e revives the conversation about how society can extend democratic decision-making to all economic matters. With the advances in information technology in recent decades and the emergence of globe-straddling collective enterprises, democratic planning in the interest of all humanity is more important and closer to attainment than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58031049212278,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781786635167.jpg?v=1780672305","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781786635167","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}