: Build ings ▁and ▁structures ▁in ▁Ol m sted ▁County , ▁Minnesota <0x0A> </s> ▁William ▁Paul ▁C ock sh ott ▁( born ▁ 1 6 ▁March ▁ 1 9 5 2 ) ▁is ▁a ▁Scottish ▁computer ▁scient ist , ▁Marx ian ▁econom ist ▁and ▁a ▁reader ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Glasgow . ▁ ▁Education ▁C ock sh ott ▁earned ▁a ▁B A ▁in ▁Econom ics ▁( 1 9 7 4 ) ▁from ▁Manchester ▁University , ▁an ▁M Sc ▁( 1 9 7 6 ) ▁in ▁Computer ▁Science ▁from ▁Her iot ▁W att ▁University ▁and ▁a ▁Ph D ▁in ▁Computer ▁Science ▁from ▁Edinburgh ▁University ▁( 1 9 8 2 ). ▁ ▁Career ▁He ▁has ▁made ▁contributions ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁image ▁compression , ▁ 3 D ▁television , ▁parallel ▁comp ilers ▁and ▁medical ▁imag ing , ▁but ▁became ▁known ▁to ▁a ▁wider ▁audience ▁for ▁his ▁propos als ▁in ▁the ▁multi - dis cipl inary ▁area ▁of ▁economic ▁comput ability , ▁most ▁not ably ▁as ▁co - author , ▁along ▁the ▁econom ist ▁All in ▁C ott rell , ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁Tow ards ▁a ▁New ▁Social ism , ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁strongly ▁advoc ate ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁cy ber net ics ▁for ▁efficient ▁and ▁dem ocr atic ▁planning ▁of ▁a ▁complex ▁social ist ▁economy . ▁ ▁Political ▁views ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s , ▁C ock sh ott ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁Irish ▁Commun ist ▁Organisation , ▁but ▁he ▁and ▁several ▁other ▁members ▁became ▁unh appy ▁with ▁B