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New article reviews the book Creative Construction and its implications for theorising democratic economic planning
Read more: New article reviews the book Creative Construction and its implications for theorising democratic economic planningIn this article for the Marxist journal Science and Society, David Laibman, the journal’s editor, reviews the book Creative Construction: Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. In this article, Laibman first summarises some of the book’s contents in order to entice people to read the book. Then, Laibman critically assesses some of the…
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Job Offer at Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany
Read more: Job Offer at Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, GermanyThe working group ISAS (Integrated Sustainability Assessment of Societal Systems and Bioeconomy) at the Helmholtz-Centre for environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig/Germany is looking for a new colleague to join us on data engineering for sustainability assessment, monitoring, and alternative economic accounting systems. If you have a strong background in Python and databases with interest in…
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IDA Publishes Article on Calculating Factor of Individual Consumption
Read more: IDA Publishes Article on Calculating Factor of Individual ConsumptionThe IDA (Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung) has published a proposed solution to calculating the payout factor or “Factor of Individual Comsumption” (FIC) calculated when there are different planning cycles in an economy. They will implement their proposed solution in their labor time accounting app. They welcome feedback, which you can send them here. You can download…
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Talks from “Economic Planning in the Anthropocene” uploaded
Read more: Talks from “Economic Planning in the Anthropocene” uploadedThe talks from the “Economic Planning in the Anthropocene – Institutional design for needs satisfaction within boundaries” conference in Geneva this September have been uploaded to a website. You can also find the slideshows of the talks linked as pdfs there. Here are the panels that were featured in the conference: Introduction – by Cédric…
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New chapter by Yousaf Nishat-Botero and Hugh Willmott on Fossil Capitalism, Corporate Governance, and Economic Planning
Read more: New chapter by Yousaf Nishat-Botero and Hugh Willmott on Fossil Capitalism, Corporate Governance, and Economic PlanningFossil Governance: Oil Companies, Climate Emergency, and the Consequences of a Complicit Architecture of Soft RegulationYousaf Nishat-Botero & Hugh Willmott If you have difficulties to access the chapter please write to Yousaf at y.nishat-botero@bham.ac.uk Abstract:Capitalism has put fossil energy at the very heart of its mode of accumulation and expansion, with catastrophic consequences for the…
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Recorded Talks of CYBERPLAN Workshop Uploaded to INDEP YouTube Channel
Read more: Recorded Talks of CYBERPLAN Workshop Uploaded to INDEP YouTube ChannelThe recorded talks of a workshop called “CYBERPLAN: Does the Economy fit into a Matrix or Tensor? Interrogating Cybernetic Planning Proposals”, which was held at the 2023 edition of the annual festival of the Gesellschaft für Informatik, have been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can find a playlist with all the uploaded talks…
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New Article by Evgeny Morozov argues for an AI-inflected socialism
Read more: New Article by Evgeny Morozov argues for an AI-inflected socialismIn this article for The Ideas Letter, Evgeny Morozov argues that recent developments in artificial intelligence necessitate a theoretical re-working of socialism so that any future socialism will actually transcend capitalism while also addressing the issues raised by AI. A Spanish version of the article has also been published in the Spanish edition of Jacobin.…
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A lab at SciencesPo opens a postdoc contract on ecological planning
Read more: A lab at SciencesPo opens a postdoc contract on ecological planningThe Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies at the well-known French university SciencesPo is opening a postdoctoral contract on ecological planning in the 21st century. The postdoctoral researcher will be responsible for producing a literature review, conducting qualitative research (document analysis, semi-structured interviews, participant observation, etc.), providing support for project-related activities (seminars, final conference),…
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Call for Papers for Socializing Algorithms conference
Read more: Call for Papers for Socializing Algorithms conferenceA call for papers for the Socializing Algorithms conference has been released. The conference, which will be happening from 7th-9th October at Kiel University, will analyse the relationship of algorithms to society, to governance and envisioning alternative futures. The deadline to submit papers is 28th February 2026. A summary of the call for papers can…
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Call for Papers: How much planning? What role for markets?
Read more: Call for Papers: How much planning? What role for markets?For a conference series on the ‘normative and institutional fundamental questions of economics’ from March 4 to 6 2026 in the Protest Academy Tutzing, Germany, a call for papers has been published. The conference aims to reflect on a wide range of planning approaches, from planning elements in capitalist markets to post-capitalist alternatives. Both theoretical…
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German Trade Unionist Comments Different Planning Approaches in a Blogpost
Read more: German Trade Unionist Comments Different Planning Approaches in a BlogpostIn the German post-growth blog Postwachstum.de, long-standing trade union executive member Franziska Wiethold comments on different approaches of democratic planning, that were introduced in an earlier article by Matthias Kasper and Philip Euteneuer in the same blog, and their specific conflicts of interest. While she focusses on planning on the micro-level, she also addresses conflicting…
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INDEP now has Twitter/X, Bluesky and LinkedIn pages
Read more: INDEP now has Twitter/X, Bluesky and LinkedIn pagesIn order to help popularise the theory and practice of democratic economic planning amongst workers, students, researchers, and activists, the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning has created pages on the following social media platforms, where will share the content that we post on our website as well as recordings of our events: Please follow…
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