Genetic-Teleological Planning
유전적-목적론적 계획 방법론
A planning methodology debate within Soviet Gosplan, 1926–1928. The genetic approach (Bazarov, Groman, Kondratiev) held that plans must proceed from objective analysis of existing economic trends; the teleological approach (Strumilin, Kuibyshev, Krzhizhanovsky) argued that plans should actively prescribe future structural transformation and production targets. Stalin's adoption of the teleological approach in 1928 ended the debate and laid the methodological foundation for Soviet directive planning.
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- Wikipedia (EN) The choice of a specific implementation of central planning was vigorously discussed in 1926–1928. Proponents of the genetic approach (Vladimir Bazarov, Vladimir Groman, Nikolai Kondratiev) believed that the plan should be based on objective regularities of economic development; proponents of the teleological approach (Gleb Krzhizhanovsky, Valerian Kuybyshev, Stanislav Strumilin) believed that the plan should transform the economy and proceed from future structural changes.
- encyclopedia.com Teleological planning refers to national economic planning that is directive in character; genetical planning is indicative in character, in which plan targets are influenced by market forces. The teleological school was represented by Strumilin, Pytatakov, Kuibyshev, and Feldman; the geneticists by Kondratiev, Bazarov, and Groman.
- journals.openedition.org Bazarov defined genetic planning as a planning methodology based on the extrapolation of existing economic trends; by contrast, teleological planning was based on setting targets from above. Bazarov argued for a dialectical synthesis of the two approaches.