Category: Articles
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IDA Publishes Response To Aníbal’s Criticism Of IDA’s Labour-Time Economy Proposal
On the website INTER-REV, Spanish council communist Aníbal critiqued the article by IDA (Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung/Initiative for Democratic Labour-Time Accounting) entitled Syndicalism and Labour-Time Accounting. In response, IDA has published an article by Brazilian communist Rafael Vertamatti that defends IDA’s labour-time economy proposal from Aníbal’s criticisms. A summary of the article can be found below:…
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Paper By David Zachariah And Tomas Härdin Outlines Eco-Socialist Planning Proposal
Tomas Härdin and David Zachariah have published a paper proposing a form for socialist planning that has been specifically designed to respond to the social, economic, political and ecological issues that have been created by capitalist-caused climate change. A summary of the paper can be found below: The case for socialism is often laid out…
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Working Paper on Democratization of Investment Published
Gabriel Kahan and Daniel Seel have published a paper in the working paper series by Laboratoire interdisciplinaire d’évaluation des politiques publiques (LIEPP), which is hosted at Sciences Po in Paris. You can find the abstract below: “A growing number of social scientists call for financial democracy as a “non-reformist reform,” yet scholarship still relies on…
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Wide-Ranging Response to Kohei Saito’s New Book in German-Speaking Media (ongoing)
Following the publication of the German translation of Kohei Saito’s new book “Am Ende des Fortschritts. Überleben in den Ruinen des Kapitalismus”, the response in German-speaking media has been very wide-ranging and is ongoing. For this reason, we are compiling this list of articles, interviews, videos, etc., which otherwise would have been individual news items.…
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Article Discusses How Public Goods Are Supplied In A Participatory Economy
On the website of the Participatory Economy Project, one of INDEP’s partner organisations, economist and co-creator of the Participatory Economy model Robin Hahnel has published an article analysing why market economies under-supply public goods and detailing how public goods would be supplied in a participatory economy. The article can be read here.
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Op-Ed in Newspaper “Le Monde” on Economic Planning in France
An Op-Ed by Antoine Jourdan, Eric Monnet and Laurent Warlouzet has recently been published in the French newspaper “Le Monde“. For the 80th anniversary of the creation of the french “Commissariat général au plan” (CGP) (General Planning Commission), they reflect on the history and and future of French economic planning. They highlight that planning will…
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Concept Paper on the Socialization of the German Healthcare Sector Published
The German think tank communia and german initiative Poliklink Syndikat have published a concept paper on the socializaton of the health care sector in Germany. Below you can read more about the paper (translated from the original German website). You can read the concept paper in German here. “A new concept paper by communia and…
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Interview with INDEP Co-Founders in Oikos Magazine
Simon Tremblay-Pepin and Eric Meier, two of INDEP’s co-founders, were interviewed by INDEP member Michael Mietz for the Oikos magazine of the Brussels-based think tank of the same name. In the interview they discussed democratic economic planning, causes of its revival and their work with INDEP. The interview was conducted in English and translated to…
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Aaron Benanav Interviewed By Flamman Magazine About Multi-Criterial Socialism
Flamman/The Flame, a Swedish socialist weekly magazine, has interviewed Aaron Benanav about his proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy that he published in New Left Review. You can read the interview (in Swedish) here, while you can read Benanav’s proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy here, here and here.
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Anibal Critiques Hermann Lueer And Fredo Corvo’s Articles On Wage Struggles And Labour-Time Accounting
On the website INTER-REV, Anibal has published a critique of two texts by Hermann Lueer and Fredo Corvo that discuss the relationship between wage struggles, abolishing wage labour and labour-time accounting in a communist society. You can read Anibal’s critique (in English and Spanish) here, while you can read Lueer and Corvo’s articles in English…
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Common Wealth Report Maps Out UK Green Planning Architecture
The think-tank Common Wealth has published a report by Simone Gasperin that maps out the existing green planning institutions in Britain, outlines their issues and proposes new green planning institutions that would design and oversee the decarbonisation of Britain. You can read the report’s summary below: Green planning is emerging as the progressive policy paradigm…
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“Kurswechsel” Journal Issue on Democratic Economic Planning and Transformation
“Kurswechsel” is the journal of the Advisory Council for Social, Economic, and Environmental Policy Alternatives (BEIGEWUM). It has been published since 1986 and features quarterly scholarly articles on a specific focus topic. Let’s Plan! Democratic Economic Planning—The Key to Transformation?Corporations like OMV, Spar, and Amazon are constantly planning—to maximize their profits. Owners and management decide…