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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” uploaded
Read more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” uploadedThe recording of our recent online talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
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Collective Review of Recent Real Utopian Books Including ‘Creative Construction’
Read more: Collective Review of Recent Real Utopian Books Including ‘Creative Construction’In a new literary essay, sociologist Tilman Reitz from the University of Jena reviews a collection of four books connected to democratic economic planning, real utopias, socialization and ecological economics (Creative Construction, Öffentlicher Luxus, Anarchistische Gesellschaftsentwürfe, and Anarchistische Ökologien) and their utility in constructing alternatives to capitalism. The review in German language can be read…
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IDA Publishes Article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive Labor
Read more: IDA Publishes Article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive LaborHow can private reproductive labor be socialized under socialism? The text analyzes the political, cultural, and structural particularities of private reproductive labor and shows how labor-time calculation could serve as a tool to recognize it economically and, consequently, politically.
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German Podcast ‘Wohlstand für Alle’ Double Episode on Aaron Benanav’s Multicriterial Socialism Proposal
Read more: German Podcast ‘Wohlstand für Alle’ Double Episode on Aaron Benanav’s Multicriterial Socialism ProposalIn two new episodes of the German-language podcast Wohlstand für Alle, hosts Wolfgang M. Schmitt and Ole Nymoen discuss Aaron Benanav’s essay Beyond Capitalism about the theoretical foundations of his proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy. You can listen to the first episode here and the second episode here.You can read Aaron Benanav’s two papers,…
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Large German Conservative Newspaper Comments Benanav’s Multicriterial Economy Approach
Read more: Large German Conservative Newspaper Comments Benanav’s Multicriterial Economy ApproachThe Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of the biggest conservative leaning newspapers in Germany, recently commented the two-part article from economist Aaron Benanav in the New Left Review on a multicriterial economy and democratic planning. In an article from the 27th of January 2026, the F.A.Z. breaks down and criticizes alleged gaps in Benanavs argumentation and…
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New Issue of Agora42 on Democratic Economic Planning
Read more: New Issue of Agora42 on Democratic Economic PlanningAgora42, a German magazine on philosophical economics published an issue titled ‘What’s the plan?’ on democratic economic planning. After an introduction into the planning debate, different authors including Aaron Benanav and Matthias Schmelzer dive deeper into some aspects like multidimensional economies or democratic planning in times of climate collaps. With Uwe Schneidewind, mayor of a…
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This Machine Kills Podcast Interview With Aaron Benanav On His Multi-criterial Socialism Proposal – Part 2
Read more: This Machine Kills Podcast Interview With Aaron Benanav On His Multi-criterial Socialism Proposal – Part 2In this new episode of the This Machine Kills podcast, co-hosts Jathan Sadowski and Edward Ongweso Jr. interview Aaron Benanav about the specific details of his proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy. This is the second episode of a two-parter on the topic, the first part of which you can find out more about here.…
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A Prize for Students in Critical Political Economy
Read more: A Prize for Students in Critical Political EconomyThe Jörg-Huffschmid-Prize will be awarded again to outstanding work in critical political economy at master/diploma/PhD level in a European university for work done in English or German. The call for submissions explicitly mentions research on economic planning. Here are the themes suggested in the call. The submission deadline is April 1st, 2026. You can find…
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Job offer: Professorship in Social-Ecological Transformation of Economy and Work
Read more: Job offer: Professorship in Social-Ecological Transformation of Economy and WorkThe Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg opens a position for a professor in its Faculty of Economics, Law and Society. People interested in democratic economic planning could be interested in that position since it is titled: Professorship in Social-Ecological Transformation of Economy and Work. Candidates should specialize in at least two of the following areas:…
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INDEP is Co-Hosting an Introductory Workshop on Democratic Economic Planning with The New Centre for Research and Practice
Read more: INDEP is Co-Hosting an Introductory Workshop on Democratic Economic Planning with The New Centre for Research and PracticeThe New Centre for Research and Practice is partnering with INDEP for an introductory online workshop on Democratic Economic Planning. The workshop titled ‘What is Democratic Economic Planning?’ will be held by Raphael Arar and Eric Meier and will take place in two online sessions of about 3 hours on April 30 and May 7…
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Book Examines the Implications of Yugoslav Workers’ Self-Management for Democratic Economic Planning
Read more: Book Examines the Implications of Yugoslav Workers’ Self-Management for Democratic Economic PlanningMarko Grdešić and Mislav Žitko, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor respectively at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, published in October 2025 the book Socialist Economics in Yugoslavia: A Critical History as part of the book series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics. In this book, Grdešić and Žitko critically examine the history of workers’…
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Documentation for Raphael Arar’s Exhibition ‘Planning’ uploaded
Read more: Documentation for Raphael Arar’s Exhibition ‘Planning’ uploadedRaphael Arar has uploaded photo- and videodocumentation of the artworks included in his exhibition ‘Planning’, which was taking place at Carnation Contemporary in Portland, Oregon late last year. The documentation also includes textcommentary for most artworks. Below is a list of the individual documentation pages: For further documentation of Raphael’s art see here.
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