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New Issue of Agora42 on Democratic Economic Planning
Read 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 and Matthias Schmelzer dive deeper into some aspects like multidimensional economies or democratic planning in times of climate collaps. With Uwe Schneidewind, mayor of a…
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This Machine Kills Podcast Interview With Aaron Benanav On His Multi-criterial Socialism Proposal – Part 2
Read 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 socialist economy. This is the second episode of a two-parter on the topic, the first part of which you can find out more about here.…
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A Prize for Students in Critical Political Economy
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 submissions explicitly mentions research on economic planning. Here are the themes suggested in the call. The submission deadline is April 1st, 2026. You can find…
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Job offer: Professorship in Social-Ecological Transformation of Economy and Work
Read 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 that position since it is titled: Professorship in Social-Ecological Transformation of Economy and Work. Candidates should specialize in at least two of the following areas:…
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INDEP is Co-Hosting an Introductory Workshop on Democratic Economic Planning with The New Centre for Research and Practice
Read more: INDEP is Co-Hosting an Introductory Workshop on Democratic Economic Planning with The New Centre for Research and PracticeThe New Centre for Research and Practice is partnering with INDEP for an introductory online workshop on Democratic Economic Planning. The workshop titled ‘What is Democratic Economic Planning?’ will be held by Raphael Arar and Eric Meier and will take place in two online sessions of about 3 hours on April 30 and May 7…
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Book Examines the Implications of Yugoslav Workers’ Self-Management for Democratic Economic Planning
Read more: Book Examines the Implications of Yugoslav Workers’ Self-Management for Democratic Economic PlanningMarko Grdešić and Mislav Žitko, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor respectively at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, published in October 2025 the book Socialist Economics in Yugoslavia: A Critical History as part of the book series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics. In this book, Grdešić and Žitko critically examine the history of workers’…
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Documentation for Raphael Arar’s Exhibition ‘Planning’ uploaded
Read more: Documentation for Raphael Arar’s Exhibition ‘Planning’ uploadedRaphael Arar has uploaded photo- and videodocumentation of the artworks included in his exhibition ‘Planning’, which was taking place at Carnation Contemporary in Portland, Oregon late last year. The documentation also includes textcommentary for most artworks. Below is a list of the individual documentation pages: For further documentation of Raphael’s art see here.
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Paper Argues for Synthesis of Ronald Coase’s and Marx’s Economic Theory To Analyse Socialist Planning
Read more: Paper Argues for Synthesis of Ronald Coase’s and Marx’s Economic Theory To Analyse Socialist PlanningIn this paper, independent Jim Farmelant argues that the views of economist Ronald Coase of his youth when he was a socialist and his early economic writings, when combined with Marxian economics, can provide new insights when applied to contemporary debates on socialist planning. A summary of the paper can be found below: Ronald Coase…
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Podcast Episode with Grace Blakeley and Clara Mattei on Economic Planning and Capitalism
Read more: Podcast Episode with Grace Blakeley and Clara Mattei on Economic Planning and CapitalismRecently an episode of the FREE (Forum for Real Economic Emancipation) Podcast has been released, in which Grace Blakeley is interviewed by Clara Mattei. In the episode they touch (amongst other topics) upon the question of economic planning in capitalism today and how a genuinely democratic form of ecnomic planning could look like and where…
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Article Details The History Behind ‘The Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’
Read more: Article Details The History Behind ‘The Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution’In this recent article Hermann Lueer, situates the book ‘The Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution‘, which was written by German council communist Jan Appel in order to outline how a communist mode of production would be organised, in its historical context. A summary of the article can be found below: “One hundred years…
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Richard Westra’s Book on Eco-Socialist Democratic Economic Planning Has Been Published
Read more: Richard Westra’s Book on Eco-Socialist Democratic Economic Planning Has Been PublishedRichard Westra, a Professor at the University of Opole, published in August 2025 the book “Political Economy of Eco-sustainable Alternatives Progressive and Equitable Futures” as part of the book series “Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy“. In the book, Westra critically evaluates eco-socialist literature in order to outline the foundations of a feasible form of eco-socialist…
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Call for Papers and Activists Proposals: Capitalism Moving Beyond Neoliberalism – Crises, Changes, and What Comes Next
Read more: Call for Papers and Activists Proposals: Capitalism Moving Beyond Neoliberalism – Crises, Changes, and What Comes NextThe International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE) is organizing its 16th international conference, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, from Wednesday, 9 September, to Saturday, 12 September 2026. Their call for papers and activist proposals is large and includes many sub-working groups with their own mini calls for papers. The submission deadline is February…
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