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Responses to IDA’s article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive Labor
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in NewsRead more: Responses to IDA’s article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive LaborSince IDA (Initiative Democratic Labor-Time Accounting) published the article “Feminist Socialization? The Opportunity of Labor-Time Calculation for the Problem of Private Reproductive Labor“, the blog Leftdis has republished the IDA’s […]
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INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial
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in NewsRead more: INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s CentennialIn honor of the 100th birthday of the late Stafford Beer, INDEP is collaborating with Metaphorum to present a series of speakers for online events about Beer’s work, cybernetics, systems […]
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Debate in “The Ideas Letter” About Evgeny Morozov’s Essay “Socialism After AI
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in NewsRead more: Debate in “The Ideas Letter” About Evgeny Morozov’s Essay “Socialism After AIIn early December 2025, The Ideas Letter published an essay by Evgeny Morozov that critiqued socialists for not fully recognising the implications of artificial intelligence for reimagining a feasible and […]
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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” uploaded
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in VideosRead 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 […]
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Collective Review of Recent Real Utopian Books Including ‘Creative Construction’
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in BooksRead 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 […]
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IDA Publishes Article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive Labor
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in ArticlesRead 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
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in VideosRead 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 […]
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Large German Conservative Newspaper Comments Benanav’s Multicriterial Economy Approach
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in NewsRead 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 […]
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New Issue of Agora42 on Democratic Economic Planning
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in NewsRead 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 […]
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This Machine Kills Podcast Interview With Aaron Benanav On His Multi-criterial Socialism Proposal – Part 2
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in PodcastsRead 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 […]
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A Prize for Students in Critical Political Economy
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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 […]
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Job offer: Professorship in Social-Ecological Transformation of Economy and Work
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in JobsRead 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 […]
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