{"product_id":"red-algorithms-elias-cassian-9798277239995","title":"Red Algorithms: Solving the Calculation Problem in the Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan socialism work in the 21st century? This book proves it can-and shows exactly how.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over a century, the \"calculation problem\" has been capitalism's knockout argument against socialism: without market prices, how could any economy coordinate millions of products, billions of preferences, and complex supply chains? Even well-intentioned socialist planning would collapse into chaos and shortage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut that argument was based on 20th-century technology. Everything has changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRed Algorithms\u003c\/b\u003e demonstrates how modern computing power, real-time data, machine learning, and digital democracy platforms make democratic economic planning not only possible but \u003ci\u003epractical\u003c\/i\u003e in ways that seemed like fantasy fifty years ago. The technological barriers that made central planning impossible have been demolished. The calculation problem is solvable.\u003c\/p\u003eWhat You'll Discover: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy the calculation problem seemed insurmountable\u003c\/b\u003e-and what Mises and Hayek actually argued that made their critique so convincing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhat the Soviet experience really proved\u003c\/b\u003e about planning's possibilities and failures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow exponential growth in computing power\u003c\/b\u003e has fundamentally transformed what's possible for economic coordination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy markets fail catastrophically\u003c\/b\u003e at exactly the problems they claim to solve-from climate change to inequality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow democratic planning would actually work in practice\u003c\/b\u003e-from housing and healthcare to innovation and environmental sustainability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe real risks and challenges\u003c\/b\u003e-surveillance, technocracy, transition obstacles-and how to address them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhat we're really trying to achieve\u003c\/b\u003e: not just efficiency, but human flourishing, democratic control, and ecological sustainability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThis Book Is For You If: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou believe capitalism is failing but wonder if alternatives are possible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou're intrigued by socialism but skeptical about whether planning can work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou work in tech and want to use your skills for something better than surveillance capitalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou're tired of being told \"there is no alternative\" when you know something's deeply wrong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou want rigorous analysis, not just slogans-this book takes the strongest arguments against planning seriously and responds with evidence and analysis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWhat Makes This Different: \u003cp\u003eUnlike utopian manifestos or abstract theory, \u003cb\u003eRed Algorithms\u003c\/b\u003e provides concrete, technically informed analysis of how democratic planning could coordinate housing construction, healthcare delivery, food systems, renewable energy transitions, and innovation-all while maintaining genuine democracy and addressing climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't nostalgia for Soviet-style planning. This is a 21st-century vision that learns from historical failures, embraces modern technology, and insists that democracy is non-negotiable. The tools exist. The question is whether we have the political will to use them.\u003c\/p\u003eThe Choice Ahead: \u003cp\u003eArtificial intelligence and algorithmic coordination are being developed right now. The question isn't whether we'll use these tools-it's \u003ci\u003ewho will control them\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ewhat they'll serve\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnder capitalism, AI means surveillance, displacement, and concentrated power. Under democratic socialism, it could mean coordination for human needs, reduced work time, and genuine freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe calculation problem that haunted socialism for a century has been solved. Now we need to build the alternative.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elias Cassian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798277239995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Elias Cassian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997276647679,"sku":"9798277239995","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/red-algorithms-elias-cassian-9798277239995","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}