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Interview about INDEP on ZNet
Read more: Interview about INDEP on ZNetZNet has published an in-depth interview by Mark Evans with Ferdia O’Driscoll (Bright Age Beyond), an INDEP co-founder, independent researcher and social cybernetician based in Dublin, Ireland. Learn who is behind the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning, what it aims to achieve, when and how it was founded, and why it is crucial for…
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Solving Socialist Planning with guest Thomas Härdin + INDEP shoutout
Read more: Solving Socialist Planning with guest Thomas Härdin + INDEP shoutoutA new episode of the “From Alpha to Omega” podcast with Tomas Härdin, titled “Solving Socialist Planning”, has been released. In the episode Tomas also gives a shoutout to INDEP.
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German newspaper article on ecological planning in France + a shoutout to INDEP
Read more: German newspaper article on ecological planning in France + a shoutout to INDEPSamuel Decker, member of the Network “Plurale Ökonomik” (hereterodox economics) and the german Network for Democratic Economic Planning has published an article in the german newspaper “Frankfurter Rundschau”. It focuses on ecological planning in France, specifically the recent French elections. He also highlights the emergence of a lively debate around democratic economic planning and gave…
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INDEP Online Launch Event Recording uploaded to our Youtube Channel
Read more: INDEP Online Launch Event Recording uploaded to our Youtube ChannelWe uploaded the recording of our INDEP Online Launch Event from the 13th of July to our Youtube channel. Feel free to share it to rewatch it or share it with your friends, colleagues and comrades who couldn’t make it that day.
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New Study on Advancing Economic Democracy by FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies)
Read more: New Study on Advancing Economic Democracy by FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies)The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) has published a study on advancing Economic Democracy. This study is part of a larger project on Economic Democracy in partnership with Open Society Foundations. FEPS has also held and participated in multiple events where parts of the study have been presented and discussed. The study itself can…
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Deepening the degrowth planning debate: division of labor, complexity, and the roles of markets and digital tools
Read more: Deepening the degrowth planning debate: division of labor, complexity, and the roles of markets and digital toolsThe journal Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy just published an article in English by Max Koch, professor at Lund University’s School of Social Work, entitled: Deepening the degrowth planning debate: division of labor, complexity, and the roles of markets and digital tools. The article is in open access and part of a special issue on…
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Democratic Economic Planning discussed at the Summer University of the European Left
Read more: Democratic Economic Planning discussed at the Summer University of the European LeftAt this year’s Summer University of the European Left the topic of Democratic Economic Planning has been discussed on multiple occasions. A dedicated workshop on that topic was held and on a panel Sira Rego, the Minister of Youth and Children of the national Government of Spain called for a “planned transition” instead of simply…
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A new book about control over our ways of life as an alternative to market and planning
Read more: A new book about control over our ways of life as an alternative to market and planningA new book by Fabrice Flipo, who teaches at Institut Mines-Télécom, is now available online. The book, written in French, is entitled Changing our Ways of Life (Changer les modes de vie) and published at éditions du croquant. Here’s a translation of the summary: The market is to blame for the ecological crisis and the…
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A debate about the nature of Soviet planning on Cibcom
Read more: A debate about the nature of Soviet planning on CibcomCibcom has published an op-ed signed by Krasni Soldat that debates the translated version of Max Grünberg’s article published in Competition and Change. According to the author, following a thread he published on X to criticize Grünberg’s article, the editors at Cibcom asked him to turn his disagreement into an article. The op-ed, written in…
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Call for Submissions: Handbook on Postcapitalist Political Economy
Read more: Call for Submissions: Handbook on Postcapitalist Political EconomyPlanning for Entropy, a research group member of the Research Center on Social Innovation and Transformation (CRITS), has launched a call for submissions for a Handbook on Postcapitalist Political Economy. Edward Elgar will publish this Handbook. It aims to assemble the most prominent concrete experiences and theoretical models in postcapitalist political economy in one volume.…
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Reclaiming the Future – Forthcoming book on socialist planning
Read more: Reclaiming the Future – Forthcoming book on socialist planningNew book coming out on socialist planning
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We’ve launched!
Read more: We’ve launched!Hello and welcome to INDEP – the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning. INDEP launched in July 2024 with the purpose to bring together individuals and organisations from around the world who are working to advance democratic economic planning as the basis of a post-capitalist economic system. We share a vision for an economy in…
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