Category: Blog
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New article by La Banda Vaga on the fundamental principles of democratic economic planning and distribution
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in BlogThe anarchist and council communist group La Banda Vaga writes about the fundamental principles of democratic economic planning. Their new article in the German post-growth blog Postwachstum.de is based on […]
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Two chapters on democratic economic planning by Martín Arboleda newly translated
Two chapters of the book Gobernar la utopía. Sobre planificación y el poder popular by Martín Arboleda, associate professor of the School of Sociology and Director of the Social Transformations […]
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The Participatory Economy model and the shortcomings of economic models
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in BlogAn article by Anders Sandström from the Participatory Economy Project arguing for the need to bridge the sometimes considerable gaps between our preferred abstract economic models and the reality of […]
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Tomas Härdin responds to Robin Hahnel on Labor Time Accounting
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in BlogOne thing that I believe Hahnel is trying to say is that disaggregation of labour power for the purposes of planning has not been sufficiently theorized. On this I agree. Cockshott has argued that planning must be carried out in as disaggregated a manner as possible. But unless I’ve missed something, Cockshott still talks only…
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A modest proposal for a transition to a moneyless economy
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in BlogEmil 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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New Blogpost on Computing Labour Values in a Planned Economy
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in BlogGiovanni Paiela has recently published a post on his medium blog called “Computation of labour values in a socialist planned economy“. The post touches on the topics of planning and […]
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Income in a Post-Capitalist Society: Who Decides?
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in BlogAn article by Jason Chrysostomou from the Participatory Economy Project on how income would be decided in a Participatory Economy. The more valuable activity in visioning post-capitalism is not on […]
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Blogpost series on AI and economic planning in a post-growth context
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in BlogOn the german post-growth blog “Blog Postwachstum” a blogpost series by Leo Schlichter on the possible potential of AI for economic planning (in a specifically post-growth context) is in the […]
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Anarchist organization “Perspective Self-Management” has included labor time accounting in its program
The anarchist group “Perspektive Selbstverwaltung” proposes labor time accounting as a transitional step to abolish wage labor and money, valuing all work equally. INDEP member IDA supports this but suggests recording labor time long-term for societal oversight without linking it to consumption.
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PROKLA Review by the IDA – On the Planning Debate
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in BlogIDA reviews the latest PROKLA issue on democratic planning, focusing on labor time calculation and key debates on socialization and planning.
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Article on Urban Commons as a Path Beyond Capitalism
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in BlogBrief Description:This article discusses how urban commons provide an alternative to capitalist urbanization, focusing on Professor Stefan Gruber’s work with the Atlas of Commoning. It explores the role of architecture […]
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New Post on Tomas Härdin’s blog on In-kind Accounting
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in BlogIn order to effect control of any system we must first have data on that system. A planned economy, such as I’ve been writing about for the last few years, is synonymous with economic coordination in kind. For such coordination to not be completely arbitrary, to devolve into subjectivist nonsense, we must have accurate in-kind…