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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Michael Hicks uploaded to YouTube
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Michael Hicks uploaded to YouTubeThe recording of the INDEP online talk with Michael Hicks on his new game “Dissent on Mars” and simulating postcapitalist economies has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You […]
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Recording of INDEP Talk with Ellen D. Russell and Simon Tremblay-Pepin uploaded to YouTube
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP Talk with Ellen D. Russell and Simon Tremblay-Pepin uploaded to YouTubeThe recording of the INDEP online talk with Ellen D. Russell and Simon Tremblay-Pepin on Rethinking Expertise in Democratic Economic Planning has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You […]
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Ecology and negotiated coordination: a debate
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in ArticlesRead more: Ecology and negotiated coordination: a debatePat Devine and Fikret Adaman recently reacted to an article published in 2022 by a group of authors called Planning for Entropy, who are members of the Democratic Economic Planning […]
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Labor Time Accounting: A Postmortem – Robin Hahnel
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in ArticlesRead more: Labor Time Accounting: A Postmortem – Robin HahnelIn an article published by the Participatory Economy Project, professor Robin Hahnel offers a critique of labor time accounting, arguing that there are three different categories of real costs which rational economic decision […]
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A large-audience text advocating for green indicative planning
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in NewsRead more: A large-audience text advocating for green indicative planningCornel Ban and Jacob Hasselbalch published a large-audience version of their academic article published in New Political Economy last December. This shorter and more accessible text is published in Phenomenal […]
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A presentation of the MDIC model in relationship to cuba’s socialism
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in ArticlesRead more: A presentation of the MDIC model in relationship to cuba’s socialismDavid Laibman just published in Science & Society (a Marxist journal he edits) a new presentation of Multilevel Democratic Iterative Coordination (MDIC) (a model he developed) entitled Cuba’s Socialism: Is […]
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A new book on “The Future of Revolution” includes some elements on economic planning
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in BooksRead more: A new book on “The Future of Revolution” includes some elements on economic planningJasper Bernes, a professor in the English Department at UCLA, just published a book entitled The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising […]
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A modest proposal for a transition to a moneyless economy
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in BlogRead more: A modest proposal for a transition to a moneyless economyEmil Jacob published on his blog (usually centered on promoting the use of nuclear energy from a communist perspective) a post on how we could reach a moneyless economy in […]
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A new podcast episode about the Vanguard Method and socialist economics
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in PodcastsRead more: A new podcast episode about the Vanguard Method and socialist economicsRoger Avelado was interviewed by Tom O’Brien at his From Alpha to Omega podcast about the Vanguard Method. The Vanguard Method is an adaptation of the Toyota Production System (TPS) […]
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Recording of INDEP Talk with Matt Vidal uploaded to YouTube
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP Talk with Matt Vidal uploaded to YouTubeThe recording of the INDEP online Talk with Matt Vidal on Lean Production, Worker Control, and Socialist Efficiency in the Age of Climate Crisis, which was held on the 5th […]
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A new article on the role of experts in postcapitalism
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in ArticlesRead more: A new article on the role of experts in postcapitalismEllen D. Russell and Simon Tremblay-Pepin just published an article entitled Economic Expertise in Postcapitalist Democratic Economic Planning in the journal Critical Sociology. This article aims to address the lack […]
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A book on socialiste economic systems now available in paperback
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in BooksRead more: A book on socialiste economic systems now available in paperbackThe book “Socialist Economic Systems” by Steven Rosefielde is now available in paperback from Routledge. The book offers very short and readable comments on 22 socialist economic systems. Here’s an excerpt of the […]
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