An interesting question, a hypothesis, suddenly came to mind. Is it possible to use the network to solve the problems existing in the planned economy?Is it possible to build a new type of planned economy model by relying on the Internet?
Suppose the state comes forward to build an online sales platform like **, and then suppose that all enterprises selling online are state-owned enterprises, and all products need to be purchased and sold through the Internet.
Theoretically, then, several fundamental problems of the planned economy in the past can be effectively solved:
First, the real-time and extensive nature of the network can be used to solve the problems of information asymmetry, untimeliness and distortion.
The second is to use the price comparison mechanism to solve the problem of unreasonableness.
Third, the sales revenue, profits, and services of the enterprise can be scientifically and reasonably assessed, and a reward mechanism can be established. It solves the problem that Hayek said that the planned economy cannot establish the incentive mechanism of the market economy.
Fourth, the competition mechanism formed by the platform and the results formed by relying on this mechanism can solve the problem of plan mismatch.
Fifth, through the first payment, the whole process of funds can be solved, and the problem of effective supervision can be solved.
In this case, is it possible to form a new type of planned economy model that relies on the network and does not require a market?
My answer is "no".
Because the problems of the planned economy are far more than what economists have summed up. Moreover, the new planned economic model will give rise to new problems, as the so-called "policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom," not to mention "people's unpredictability."
You say that?