Category: Videos
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Recording of Talk by the Boston College Labor-Time Economy Working Group on Simulating a Labor-time Socialist Economy Uploaded
The recording of our recent online Talk with the Boston College Labor-Time Economy Working Group on Simulating a Labor-time Socialist Economy has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
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Second Webinar of “Reviving Central Planning – A Global South Perspective” Series uploaded
The second webinar of the “Reviving Central Planning – A Global South Perspective” series, hosted by the International Development Economics Associates Limited (IDEAs), has been uploaded to their YouTube channel. It is titled “National Planning – The Soviet Union Model” and featured C. P. Chandrasekhar and Prabhat Patnaik as panelists and was moderated by Farwa…
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Recording of Talk by Tom O’Brien on Variety and Planning Uploaded
The recording of our recent online Talk with Tom O’Brien on Variety and Planning has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
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First Webinar of “Reviving Central Planning – A Global South Perspective” Series uploaded
The first webinar of the “Reviving Central Planning – A Global South Perspective” series, hosted by the International Development Economics Associates Limited (IDEAs), has been uploaded to their YouTube channel. It is titled “Why revisit national planning?” and featured C. P. Chandrasekhar and Prabhat Patnaik as panelists and was moderated by Farwa Sial. You can…
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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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Future Histories Podcast Publishes Recording Of Creative Construction And The Struggle over Progress Event
The Future Histories podcast has published a recording of the event Creative Construction and the Struggle over Progress that happened on Thursday 11th June from 7PM-9PM UTC+2 at the Thalia Theater. At the event, Kohei Saito, Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos discussed how democratic economic planning can be the solution to the social, economic and…
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Brandon Torres’ Video Critiques Vivek Chibber’s Jacobin Article On Central Planning
YouTuber Brandon Torres has released a video that critically evaluates an article by Vivek Chibber published in Jacobin that critiques central planning and argues for market socialism. In the video, Torres examines the economic history of the Soviet Union to outline the issues with Chibber’s argument and what lessons that Soviet Union has for attempts…
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Recording of Talk by Leone on Defining and Measuring Human Needs with Democratic Planning uploaded
The recording of our recent online Talk with Leone on defining and measuring human needs with democratic planning has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
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Roundtable Discussion At International Economic Days 2026 Conference On Economic And Ecological Planning
On Saturday 30th May, the economics department of the La Boétie Institute and the For the People Foundation organized the conference International Economic Days 2026. At the conference, there was a roundtable discussion on how ecological planning can be used to coordinate the transition to an ecologically sustainable society consisting of the speakers Matthias Schmelzer…
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Recording of Eric Meier Talk on the Political Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning uploaded
The recording of our recent online Talk with Eric Meier on the Political Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
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Autonomy Interviews Aaron Benanav About Multi-Criterial Socialism Transition Strategy
The think-tank Autonomy has interviewed Aaron Benanav about his report for Autonomy where he outlines a transition strategy to replace capitalism with multi-criterial socialism. A summary of the interview can be found below: Political economist Aaron Benanav discusses what it would mean to move from profit and efficiency-driven economy to one driven by multiple, sustainable…
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New Talk by Walther Zeug on Cybernetic Democratic Economic Planning Published
Walther Zeug has recently published a recording of a talk he gave for the “Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik Chemnitz” (Network heterodox economics Chemnitz). In the talk he gives a general introduction to the model “Cybernetic Democratic Economic Planning” that he and Jakob Heyer have developed. You can find the talk in German here.