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Article pleading for Democratic Economic Planning in big German leftist Newspaper
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in ArticlesRead more: Article pleading for Democratic Economic Planning in big German leftist NewspaperRecently an article pleading for the wieder left (from parties to the extra-parlamentary left) to pay attention to and participate in the revived debate around democratic economic planning has appeared […]
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Panel on the Historical Subject of Planning at the Paris Historical Materialism Conference
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in NewsRead more: Panel on the Historical Subject of Planning at the Paris Historical Materialism ConferenceAt this year’s Historical Materialism conference in Paris there is going to be a panel with the title “Après la révolution – Quel sujet historique pour la planification? (After the […]
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Appeal to Members of the European Parliament to not intensify competitive Market Mechanisms in its Public Procurement
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in NewsRead more: Appeal to Members of the European Parliament to not intensify competitive Market Mechanisms in its Public ProcurementThe European Union is on the brink of introducing sweeping changes to its public procurement rules, with the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee (IMCO) set to vote on June 26 […]
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“A Political Economy of Socialism” – Article by the IDA on the Planning Debate and Labour Time Calculation
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in ArticlesRead more: “A Political Economy of Socialism” – Article by the IDA on the Planning Debate and Labour Time CalculationIn “A Political Economy of Socialism,” the IDA analyzes the debate of democratic planned economy in the light of labour time calculation. The article is behind a paywall and available in German.
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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Michael Hicks uploaded to YouTube
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Michael Hicks uploaded to YouTubeThe recording of the INDEP online talk with Michael Hicks on his new game “Dissent on Mars” and simulating postcapitalist economies has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You […]
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Recording of INDEP Talk with Ellen D. Russell and Simon Tremblay-Pepin uploaded to YouTube
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP Talk with Ellen D. Russell and Simon Tremblay-Pepin uploaded to YouTubeThe recording of the INDEP online talk with Ellen D. Russell and Simon Tremblay-Pepin on Rethinking Expertise in Democratic Economic Planning has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You […]
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Ecology and negotiated coordination: a debate
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in ArticlesRead more: Ecology and negotiated coordination: a debatePat Devine and Fikret Adaman recently reacted to an article published in 2022 by a group of authors called Planning for Entropy, who are members of the Democratic Economic Planning […]
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Labor Time Accounting: A Postmortem – Robin Hahnel
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in ArticlesRead more: Labor Time Accounting: A Postmortem – Robin HahnelIn an article published by the Participatory Economy Project, professor Robin Hahnel offers a critique of labor time accounting, arguing that there are three different categories of real costs which rational economic decision […]
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A large-audience text advocating for green indicative planning
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in NewsRead more: A large-audience text advocating for green indicative planningCornel Ban and Jacob Hasselbalch published a large-audience version of their academic article published in New Political Economy last December. This shorter and more accessible text is published in Phenomenal […]
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A presentation of the MDIC model in relationship to cuba’s socialism
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in ArticlesRead more: A presentation of the MDIC model in relationship to cuba’s socialismDavid Laibman just published in Science & Society (a Marxist journal he edits) a new presentation of Multilevel Democratic Iterative Coordination (MDIC) (a model he developed) entitled Cuba’s Socialism: Is […]
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A new book on “The Future of Revolution” includes some elements on economic planning
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in BooksRead more: A new book on “The Future of Revolution” includes some elements on economic planningJasper Bernes, a professor in the English Department at UCLA, just published a book entitled The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising […]
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A modest proposal for a transition to a moneyless economy
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in BlogRead more: A modest proposal for a transition to a moneyless economyEmil 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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