信息时代的新计划经济论

Theory of New Planned Economy in the Age of Information

计划经济和市场经济是当代两种主要的也是相互竞争的经济体制。在20世纪末期以来的经济全球化中,市场经济几乎一统天下。然而,一些左翼学者以迅猛发展的信息技术为支点,提出了新计划经济论。他们认为计划经济具有优越性,运用现代信息技术对传统计划经济进行革命性改造,可使计划经济更客观、更具有反应性。新计划经济论总体上还是带有乌托邦色彩的构想,存在一些本质性的缺陷。但新计划经济论提醒人们,信息时代的市场经济不等同于新自由主义,要注意市场经济和宏观调控相结合,运用信息技术完善市场经济。

Planned economy and market economy are two contemporary major economic structures competing with each other. In the economic globalization since the end of the 20th century, market economy is nearly the only one. However, some left-wingers put forward the theory of new planned economy by taking advantage of rapidly developing information technologies. The new theory holds that planned economy is privileged so the former defects can be overcome and modern information technologies should be employed to revolutionarily change traditional planned economy so as to make it more objective and responsive. Generally, new planned economy still carries with Utopian concept and some essential defects. However, new planned economy reminds people that the market economy in the information age does not identify with new liberal- ism so people should combine market economy with macro adjustment and improve market economy by employing information technologies.