11 Facts About Technocracy movement

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Technocracy movement was a social movement active in the United States and Canada in the 1930s which favored technocracy as a system of government over representative democracy and concomitant partisan politics.

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Technocracy movement was ultimately overshadowed by other proposals for dealing with the crisis of the Great Depression.

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The technocracy movement proposed replacing partisan politicians and business people with scientists and engineers who had the technical expertise to manage the economy.

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The ban was lifted in 1943 when it was apparent that 'Technocracy movement Inc was committed to the war effort, proposing a program of total conscription.

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Technocracy movement survives into the present day and as of 2013, was continuing to publish a newsletter, maintain a website, and hold member meetings.

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Technocracy movement advocates contended that price system-based forms of government and economy are structurally incapable of effective action, and promoted a society headed by technical experts, which they argued would be more rational and productive.

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Technocratic Technocracy movement has its origins with the progressive engineers of the early twentieth century and the writings of Edward Bellamy, along with some of the later works of Thorstein Veblen such as Engineers And The Price System written in 1921.

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Technocracy movement Incorporated currently maintains a website and distributes a monthly newsletter and holds membership meetings.

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An extensive archive of Technocracy movement's materials is held at the University of Alberta, in Canada.

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Technocratic Technocracy movement planned to reform the work schedule, to achieve the goal of uninterrupted production, maximizing the efficiency and profitability of resources, transport and entertainment facilities, avoiding the "weekend effect".

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In Germany before the Second World War, a technocratic movement based on the American model introduced by Technocracy Incorporated existed but ran afoul of the political system there.

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