👉The table of contents so far is here.
Chapter 18: Economic Transition Plan III: Completion Phase
The final stage of the economic transition plan is the completion phase. While this signifies the stage at which the system of a sustainable planned economy is fully established, the question remains: what constitutes "completion"?
Theoretically, the completion phase is the stage where all the institutions previously outlined are in place and subsequent economic plans (from the second phase onwards) are formulated and implemented smoothly. However, the minimum necessary conditions for declaring the system established can be summarized as follows:
(a) Establishment of a global economic plan
Since "sustainability" in a sustainable planned economy precisely refers to the "ecological sustainability of the global environment," the completed form of such an economy is a global-scale economic planning system centered on a World Commonwealth Economic Planning Organization.
Therefore, a prerequisite for completion is the founding of a "World Commonwealth" (WoCom)—a new transnational governance body to replace the United Nations—and the establishment of the WoCom Economic Planning Organization as its specialized institution. The system reaches its completed form only when successive economic plans are formulated and operated for each constituent Zone based on the global economic plan devised by the WoCom Economic Planning Organization.
(b) Establishment of a purely voluntary labor system
The fundamental essence of a sustainable planned economy lies in production and labor that do not rely on a monetary economy; thus, a system of unpaid, purely voluntary labor must be established. While this process begins during the initial phase—when the monetary system is abolished—it will likely take an entire era for the system to become fully entrenched and established.
During this process, certain occupations that previously relied on the wage system under a market economy may face a form of attrition and disappear. To compensate for this, necessary measures will include introducing a system of occupational allocation based on aptitude, promoting automation through robots and AI, and—in cases where such automation is difficult—designating the affected occupations as mandatory labor for all citizens on a provisional basis.
(c) Establishment of a system for the free provision of goods and services
Under a sustainable planned economy—characterized by the abolition of wage labor and the separation of labor from daily life—it is necessary to establish a system for the free provision of the goods and services that sustain daily existence. While this system will begin operating during the initial phase, certain flaws—such as shortages of goods or distribution disruptions—may arise at that stage. By the time the system reaches maturity, however, such flaws must be rectified, ensuring the establishment of a smoothly functioning free-provision system.
In the interim, the system may be supplemented by customary practices of free exchange via barter occurring outside the free-provision framework; the sustainable planned economy does not classify such practices as an illegal "black market," and their continued existence alongside the formal system—as a legitimate free-exchange economy—is permitted even after the system has fully matured.
👉The papers published on this blog are meant to expand upon my On Communism.
