Material balance planningMaterial balances are a method of economic planning where material supplies are accounted for in natural units (as opposed to using monetary accounting) and used to balance the supply of available inputs with targeted outputs. Material balancing involves taking a survey of the available inputs and raw materials in an economy and then using a balance sheet to balance the inputs with output targets specified by industry to achieve a balance between supply and demand.
Socialist mode of productionThe socialist mode of production, sometimes referred to as the communist mode of production, or simply (Marxian) socialism or communism as Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels used the terms communism and socialism interchangeably, is a specific historical phase of economic development and its corresponding set of social relations that emerge from capitalism in the schema of historical materialism within Marxist theory. The Marxist definition of socialism is that of production for use-value (i.e.
Soviet-type economic planningSoviet-type economic planning (STP) is the specific model of centralized planning employed by Marxist–Leninist socialist states modeled on the economy of the Soviet Union (USSR). The post-perestroika analysis of the system of the Soviet economic planning describes it as the administrative-command system due to the de facto priority of highly centralized management over planning.
Market socialismMarket socialism is a type of economic system involving social ownership of the means of production within the framework of a market economy. Various models for such a system exist, usually involving some mix of public, cooperative, and privately owned enterprises. The central idea is that, as in capitalism, businesses compete for profits, however they will be "owned, or at least governed," by those who work in them. Market socialism differs from non-market socialism in that the market mechanism is utilized for the allocation of capital goods and the means of production.
Socialist stateA socialist state, socialist republic, or socialist country, sometimes referred to as a workers' state or workers' republic, is a sovereign state constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of socialism. The term communist state is often used synonymously in the West, specifically when referring to one-party socialist states governed by Marxist–Leninist communist parties, despite these countries being officially socialist states in the process of building socialism and progressing toward a communist society.
Planification économiqueLa planification économique est un mécanisme d'allocation des ressources qui est en contraste avec les mécanismes du marché. En tant que mécanisme de coordination pour l'économie socialiste, la planification économique se substitue aux facteurs du marché et est définie comme une attribution directe des ressources, en contraste avec le mécanisme de répartition indirecte du marché. Il existe différents types de procédures de planification. Le niveau de centralisation de la prise de décision dans la planification dépend du type spécifique de mécanisme de planification employé.
Enterprises in the Soviet UnionEnterprises in the Soviet Union were legal entities engaged in some kind of economic activity, such as production, distribution, the provision of services, or any other economic operation. An enterprise was the general equivalent of "company", which was the legal entity prominent outside of the Eastern-bloc economies. Enterprises and production units engaged in activities that are generally undertaken by business-enterprises in capitalist systems, including the design, production, manufacture and distribution of producer and consumer goods and services.
Labour voucherLabour vouchers (also known as labour cheques, labour notes, labour certificates and personal credit) are a device proposed to govern demand for goods in some models of socialism and to replace some of the tasks performed by currency under capitalism. Unlike money, vouchers cannot circulate and are not transferable between people. They are also not exchangeable for any means of production, hence they are not transmutable into capital. Once a purchase is made, the labour vouchers are either destroyed or must be re-earned through labour.
École de pensée en économieUne école de pensée économique, ou courant de pensée économique est un regroupement d'économistes qui partagent une même approche de l'économie ou un faisceau d’idées communes. Toute école ainsi définie peut coexister à un instant donné avec d'autres écoles qui défendent des conceptions proches, opposées ou radicalement opposés. Toute école donne lieu – sauf exceptions – à des évolutions historiques qui les font disparaître, se transformer et/ou renaître au fil du temps.
Économie socialiste de marchéLéconomie socialiste de marché est un terme employé par les dirigeants de la république populaire de Chine, notamment par Deng Xiaoping, pour désigner leur système économique à la suite des réformes de l'économie planifiée. Dans ce système, libéralisme économique et contrôle politique autoritaire se côtoient en une formule spécifique. Ce modèle dérive des travaux de l'économiste polonais Oskar Lange, qui élabora, dans les années 1920, un modèle de planification économique où, en situation de libre-marché, l’État possède les moyens de production, et une autorité centralisée détermine les prix de façon empirique.
