Category: Articles

In a recently published paper by Thea Riofrancos on the relation between regime types and climate action, she goes into the possible tensions between the necessary consistency required for economic planning and the “bounded uncertainty” of democratic elections. She also suggests that building widespread popular support for climate action is key to tackle this tension…

New Political Economy, one of the most-read journals in political economy, has published an open-access article written in English and entitled Green economic planning for rapid decarbonisation. The article was written by two professors at the Copenhagen Business School, Cornel Ban and Jacob Hasselbalch. The article proposed a new research agenda centred on economic planning…

Abstract:Neoliberalism has become orthodoxy in the present, erasing competing paradigms and alternative imaginings. Chile’s radical Cybersyn project from 1971 to 1973 offers a departure point for an alternative path, albeit one that was abruptly and violently extinguished. We revisit this moment by fine-tuning AI language models on the words and writing of Salvador Allende, the…

The introduction to the special issue on “Rethinking Economic Planning” of the journal “Competition & Change” has recently been published. The introduction was authored by Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos, who also edited the issue. The articles of the issue have already been published online, almost all of them are open access. A print-issue is…

A new paper by Tiago Camarinha Lopes on the similarities and differences of capitalist and socialist forms of economic planning has been released. It is open access and you can find it here. Abstract:The paper departs from a broad definition of economic planning and presents a simple formalization of the law of value to develop…

This article examines the polarized debate between degrowth and ecomodernism, highlighting their shared goal of a democratically planned economy that respects ecological limits. It argues for a practical vision that moves beyond speculative theories and focuses on concrete local struggles. By fostering collaboration between these movements, the author seeks to create a cohesive strategy for…

This article explores Elinor Ostrom’s “8 Rules of the Commons,” emphasizing how communities can sustainably manage shared resources through cooperative practices. Adapting Ostrom’s principles through an anarchist lens, it discusses how “commoning” can challenge capitalist structures by fostering self-management, mutual aid, and democratic decision-making. The article also critiques Ostrom’s view that commons can coexist alongside…

In an article recently published an open access article in Futures, four scholars from the Sheffield University Management School—Andrea Genovese, Benjamin H. Lowe, Meletios Bimpizas-Pinis, and V.G. Ram—discussed how ex-ante economic planning and coordination mechanisms could help eliminate rebound effects. Here’s the abstract of the article: This paper argues that attempts to mitigate rebound effects within growth-orientated economic…

Abstract:The idea of planning has reappeared as an object of interest for critical research on post-capitalist organizational futures. This article offers a critical review of the emerging scholarship on planning, with reference to historical and contemporary precursors to democratic planning. Building on this review, the article develops a critical political ecology of planning that situates…

Article Title Amsterdam’s circular economy at a world-ecological crossroads: postcapitalist degrowth or the next regime of capital accumulation? Author Names Matthew Thompson, Charlotte Cator, David Beel, Ian Rees Jones, Martin Jones, Kevin Morgan Source/Publication CPES (Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy, and Society) Language English Brief Description The article examines the circular economy, taking Amsterdam as…