in natura planning

Less than a decade later, innovations in mathematics – especially linear programming – provided tools that would aid in natura planning

Nonetheless, it would be Lange and Lerner’s ‘market socialism’ that would become dominant in socialist thought, and Neurath’s in natura planning would be largely forgotten

Calculation in kind would value each commodity based only on its use value, for purposes of economic accounting. By contrast, in money-based economies, a commodity's value includes an exchange value.

– Calculation in kind - Wikipedia