Central Planning

[More Fire for the People]

This topic is pretty much divided into two parts. The first is does anyone know of any Marxists theoriticians advocating for central planning or dissenting against it? The second question is what do you think are the "pro's" and "con's" of central planning?

[Zeruzo]

Stalin, Mao and Hoxha are examples.
And a pro is the eqaul spreading of wealth and development.
A con is that it's hard to manage a company you dont know.

[enigma2517]

It has its benefits but I think you'll find participatory economics more reasonable and effective.

Its the only good way to actually determine needs of people and meet them.

Check it out:

http://www.zmag.org/parecon/indexnew.htm