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Article critically evaluates the book ‘The Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’
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in ArticlesRead more: Article critically evaluates the book ‘The Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’In this article, the communist group AngryWorkers critically evaluate the merits and issues with the book ‘The Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution‘ with a focus on how it […]
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Debunking Economics podcast discusses central planning
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in PodcastsRead more: Debunking Economics podcast discusses central planningIn this episode of The Debunking Economics podcast, post-Keynesian economist Steve Keen and radio broadcaster Phil Dobbie discuss how governments can engage in central planning in a manner that ensures […]
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Talk about “Anarcho-Syndicalist Economy” hosted by IDA uploaded
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in VideosRead more: Talk about “Anarcho-Syndicalist Economy” hosted by IDA uploadedThe IDA (Initiative Democratic Labour-Time Accounting) has recently organized a talk with Helge Döhring from the german Institute for Syndicalist Research on the topic of anarcho-syndicalist economy. The talk (in […]
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New German Wikipedia Entry for “Planned Economy”
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in NewsRead more: New German Wikipedia Entry for “Planned Economy”There’s a new German Wikipedia entry on “Planned Economy”. Before, there was only a German entry on “Centrally Planned Economy“, which didn’t reflect the state of the discussion on economic […]
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New Article advocating for Synthesis of Pluralist Economics and Economic Planning Discourse
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in ArticlesRead more: New Article advocating for Synthesis of Pluralist Economics and Economic Planning DiscourseRecently the educational platform on heterodox economics ‘Exploring Economics‘ has published an article called “Towards a New Economics of Collapse and Construction“. This article locates capitalism in our current historical […]
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Recording of INDEP online Retrospective on the First INDEP Conference uploaded
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP online Retrospective on the First INDEP Conference uploadedThe recording of the INDEP online retrospective event on our first conference has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. The recordings of the conference itself can be found here. You […]
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Talk on unifying socialism and cybernetics
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in VideosRead more: Talk on unifying socialism and cyberneticsIn this talk for the Complex Anarchism Symposium, Tom O’Brien of the From Alpha to Omega podcast presents some research from the book The Classless Society in Motion: A New […]
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Future Histories podcast discusses positive aesthetic visions of climate-futures and democratic economic planning
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in PodcastsRead more: Future Histories podcast discusses positive aesthetic visions of climate-futures and democratic economic planningIn this episode of the Future Histories podcast, host Jan Groos interviews Anna Kornbluh, a Professor of English at University of Illinois Chicago. They talk about the prevalence of aesthetic […]
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Debunking Economics podcast discusses The People’s Republic of Walmart
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in PodcastsRead more: Debunking Economics podcast discusses The People’s Republic of WalmartIn this episode of The Debunking Economics podcast, post-Keynesian economist Steve Keen and radio broadcaster Phil Dobbie discuss the book The People’s Republic of Walmart, which argues that capitalist corporations […]
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Recordings of Talks at INDEP’s First Conference in Montreal Uploaded
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Read more: Recordings of Talks at INDEP’s First Conference in Montreal UploadedINDEP’s first conference Democratic Economic Planning for the Real World was held during SASE 2025: online on July 3rd and in person in Montréal, Québec, from July 9th to July […]
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New Paper on Municipal Ecological Economic Planning in Barcelona
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in ArticlesRead more: New Paper on Municipal Ecological Economic Planning in BarcelonaYousaf Nishat-Botero and Matt Thompson have published a new paper titled ‘Planning in nature’s metropolis: Metabolic municipalism and ecological planning in Barcelona’ in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. The […]
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An article in Jacobin promotes democratic economic planning
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in ArticlesRead more: An article in Jacobin promotes democratic economic planningHannah Bensussan, a post-doctoral researcher in political economy at the University of Sorbonne Paris Nord, published a text in Jacobin entitled Economic Planning Shouldn’t Be a Swear Word. The text highlights the importance […]
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