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Article on Yakov Kronrod’s Plan for Economic Democracy in the USSR
Read more: Article on Yakov Kronrod’s Plan for Economic Democracy in the USSRJacobin recently published an article by David Mandel on Yakov Kronrod’s Plan, which was supposed to reform the Economy of the USSR. David Mandel is is Professor of political science at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Amongst his publications is “Democracy, Plan, and Market: Yakov Kronrod’s Political Economy of Socialism“. You can read the…
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Debate on the Role of Labour-Time Accounting in a Transitional Society
Read more: Debate on the Role of Labour-Time Accounting in a Transitional SocietyAn IDA talk sparked a debate on the transition to communism and labour-time accounting; contributions came from International Perspective, Fredo Corvo, and Hermann Lueer.
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A Review of the First INDEP Conference by One of Its Participants
Read more: A Review of the First INDEP Conference by One of Its ParticipantsMitchell Szczepanczyk, a member of the Participatory Economy Project (PEP), wrote a short review of the first INDEP conference held in Montréal in July 2025. Mitchell was one of the participants in the conference, where he did two presentations on participatory economy. The review presents what Mitchell found interesting at the conference and also contains…
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A Book Presenting Well-Known Democratic Economic Planning Models Translated into Portuguese
Read more: A Book Presenting Well-Known Democratic Economic Planning Models Translated into PortugueseThe book Construire l’économie postcapialiste (Building a postcapitalist economy), written in French by Audrey Laurin-Lamothe, Frédéric Legault and Simon Tremblay-Pepin, has just been translated into Portuguese by the Brazilian publisher Lutas Anticapital. The translation is entitled Construir a economia pós-capitalista and is available in print on the publisher’s website. The book presents the most well-known…
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Working Paper By Aaron Benanav And Ryan Lee Develops Microeconomic Foundations For Multidimensional Economics
Read more: Working Paper By Aaron Benanav And Ryan Lee Develops Microeconomic Foundations For Multidimensional EconomicsAaron Benanav and Ryan Lee of Cornell University have published a working paper on a microeconomic theory that could serve as the foundation for a new, multidimensional economics. More specifically, Benanav conceives of a new, multidimensional economics as being the theoretical foundation for his proposal for a multi-criterial socialism, which you can read about here,…
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From Alpha To Omega Podcast Discuss Donal Ó Coisdealbha’s Review Of Supply Chain Science
Read more: From Alpha To Omega Podcast Discuss Donal Ó Coisdealbha’s Review Of Supply Chain ScienceIn this episode of the podcast From Alpha to Omega, host Tom O’Brien discusses Donal Ó Coisdealbha’s recent series of posts on his blog The Office For Control Over Results reviewing the book Supply Chain Science by Wallace J. Hopp and the implications for socialist planning. You can watch this episode here, while you can…
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Recording of Eric Meier Talk on the Political Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning uploaded
Read more: Recording of Eric Meier Talk on the Political Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning uploadedThe recording of our recent online Talk with Eric Meier on the Political Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
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Der Freitag Interviews Jan Groos On Public Luxury And Democratic Economic Planning
Read more: Der Freitag Interviews Jan Groos On Public Luxury And Democratic Economic PlanningIn an article for the newspaper der Freitag, Sebastian Bähr interviews Jan Groos about how public luxury could be organised under a system of democratic economic planning. A summary of the interview can be found below: For decades, the planned economy was considered a failure. Yet in the face of climate crisis, tech monopolies and…
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Paul Cockshott Critiques Vivek Chibber’s Jacobin Article On Central Planning And Market Socialism
Read more: Paul Cockshott Critiques Vivek Chibber’s Jacobin Article On Central Planning And Market SocialismOn his YouTube channel, Paul Cockshott of the University of Glasgow has made a video critiquing an article in Jacobin by Vivek Chibber of New York University where Chibber critiques the theory and practice of central planning and argues for market socialism. You can read Chibber’s article here while you watch Paul’s critique here.
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Autonomy Interviews Aaron Benanav About Multi-Criterial Socialism Transition Strategy
Read more: Autonomy Interviews Aaron Benanav About Multi-Criterial Socialism Transition StrategyThe think-tank Autonomy has interviewed Aaron Benanav about his report for Autonomy where he outlines a transition strategy to replace capitalism with multi-criterial socialism. A summary of the interview can be found below: Political economist Aaron Benanav discusses what it would mean to move from profit and efficiency-driven economy to one driven by multiple, sustainable…
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Doğuha Sündal Critiques Vivek Chibber’s Jacobin Article On Central Planning And Market Socialism
Read more: Doğuha Sündal Critiques Vivek Chibber’s Jacobin Article On Central Planning And Market SocialismOn his blog, Doğuhan Sündal of California State University, San Bernardino critiques an article in Jacobin by Vivek Chibber of New York University where Chibber critiques the theory and practice of central planning and argues for market socialism. You can read Chibber’s article here while you can read Sündal’s critique here.
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Autonomy Report Proposes Transition Strategy For Multi-Criterial Socialism
Read more: Autonomy Report Proposes Transition Strategy For Multi-Criterial SocialismThe think-tank Autonomy has published a report by Aaron Benanav where he proposes a transition strategy that will result in the replacement of capitalism with multi-criterial socialism. A summary of the report can be found below: What would it take to organise an economy not around financial returns on capital invested, but rather the plurality…
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