The intersection of two important events such as the
G20 summit in Indonesia and the celebration of the anniversary of the creation
in Bandung of the united front of the peoples of Asia and Africa "Bandung
Spirit", which called for the peaceful coexistence of states and building
a more just world, makes us rethink the strategy of managing the global economy
in terms of implementation principles of Bandung Spirit.
The G20 arose as a result of the financial crisis of
1997-1998, when they decided to involve key emerging economies in managing the
global economy. The main format of the forum's activities was the annual
meetings at the level of finance ministers and heads of central banks, and since
2008, leaders of states have been added to them. The goal of the G20 is to
coordinate the policies of the member countries in order to achieve global
economic stability and sustainable growth, promote financial regulation and
modernize the international financial architecture, reducing the risks of
future financial crises. However, despite the inclusion of key developing
countries in the G20, the global crisis continues to grow, which is expressed
in high growth rates of global inflation, unemployment, poverty, hunger,
technological and social inequality in the countries of the global North and
the global South, and in the expansion of the sphere of military conflicts.
From the beginning of the 20th century to
the present, the development strategy of the world community, determined by
transnational corporations (TNCs), serves to strengthen their power. For its
practical implementation, a strategic plan is being developed as an algorithm
of actions linked in time (by deadlines) and in space (by performers) to
increase the profits of TNCs, the redistribution of generated income and assets
in their favor. Such actions include the launch of general and chronic
inflation in the 20th century, imposing on states the cyclical
economic policy "liberalism-protectionism-war", the organization of
the First and Second World Wars, international monetary systems and
international economic organizations, color revolutions, the digitalization of
human behavior etc. In all the post-pandemic global projects proposed by the West,
such as “Inclusive Capitalism” (with fairer capitalism), “Green New Deal” (with
the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere) and “Industry
4.0” using artificial intelligence (AI), there is no strategic planning that
ensures proportional development of the global economy in the direction of
improving the quality of life. Therefore, in its absence, the cyclical economic
policy of states will inevitably lead to the Third World War, unless a peaceful
way out of the crisis will be found, suggesting the existence of an alternative
to the current strategic planning of social development.
The global management of TNCs was
opposed by the USSR. The strategic plan of the USSR, based on the need to
ensure full employment and proportional development of the economy, was aimed
at improving the welfare of citizens. The plan was drawn up taking into account
feedback from manufacturers about their capabilities, which necessitated the
use of the method of successive approximations to the preparation of the plan.
Thanks to the strategic planning of the economy, the USSR defeated fascism and
became one of the poles of the bipolar world after the Second World War. This
experience was used by developing countries to overcome technological
backwardness and social inequality. The Cold War unleashed by TNCs was aimed at
destroying the advantages of the USSR – the strategic planning of the economy.
Due to the bribery of a number of leaders of the USSR, a scientific approach
was blocked in the country for the transition from manual control to automated
control, which would have ensured an increase in the quality of life in the
USSR. Reforms were launched in the country that strengthened spontaneity in
governance and the development of nationalism in the republics, which led to
the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
After the end of the
Cold War, TNCs moved on to preparing the hot stage of the Third World War. In
the course of the liberal reform of the Russian economy, the country's
technological independence was destroyed and nationalists who hate the Russian
world were raised in Ukraine. The 2019 pandemic brought a significant
acceleration to the military outcome, as global coordination began to carry
high risks associated with the rupture of intercountry and intersectoral
economic ties. All these risks are not only asymmetrically distributed between
the global North and the global South, but also hit ordinary people in all
countries first of all, undermining the foundations of state sovereignty. Added
to these risks were the "crazy" sanctions of TNCs against Russia by
drawing it into a special operation in Ukraine in February 2022, which should
be considered as the next stage in the preparation of TNCs to unleash the Third
World War. The mass media bought by TNCs, accusing Russia of crimes in Ukraine,
of reducing the real incomes of Western citizens and of the inevitability of
the onset of food and energy crises, lead to the flourishing of anti-Russian
fascist sentiments and to an increase in militaristic spending by Western
countries in preparation for the Third World War with the subsequent
establishment of totalitarian control artificial intelligence (AI) that
controls people, and threatening huge losses for humanity in the interests of
the global elite.
There is only one
peaceful way out of the current global crisis – the use of AI in the economy
(automation of economic management) based on cybernetic strategic planning,
generalizing the experience of the USSR in ensuring proportional development of
the economy in the direction of increasing the quality of life. As at one time
the introduction of machines meant the first industrial revolution affirming
capitalism, so and the introduction of AI in the economy will mean the second
industrial revolution affirming socialism without the possibility of capitalist
restoration.
Given the rapid increase in the military participation of NATO countries in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, it is necessary to include a strategic planning section on the agenda of the upcoming Bandung-Belgrade-Havana conference to educate and unite the progressive forces of mankind around the demand for the introduction of alternative strategic planning for the development of the world economy in the interests of the peoples, implementing the principles of “Bandung Spirit”. It's time to the G20 countries to critically assess the current strategy of social development and formulate an order for the creation of a "cybernetic alliance in the economy" to enter the mainstream of social progress, the cultural development of the individual.
Working Group Coordinator
Ms Elena VEDUTA, Russia (Professor, Doctor, Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia)