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Article on Degrowth and Planning by Elena Hofferberth and Matthias Schmelzer in the german Jacobin Magazine
Read more: Article on Degrowth and Planning by Elena Hofferberth and Matthias Schmelzer in the german Jacobin MagazineRecently an original german speaking article dealing with the emergent overlap of the Degrowth and Planning discourse has been published in the german edition of the Jacobin magazine. It highlights the implicit reliance of large parts of the Degrowth discourse on some form of economic planning in order to achieve its proposed reduction of resource…
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Explanation video on Labor-Time Calculation published in multiple languages by the Initiative Democratic Labor-Time Calculation
Read more: Explanation video on Labor-Time Calculation published in multiple languages by the Initiative Democratic Labor-Time CalculationThe Initiative Democratic Labor-Time Calculation (original german title “Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung – IDA”) has published an explanatory video on Labor-Time Calculation. The video is currently available in German, English and Spanish. A translation into Polish is already in production and translations into Italian and French are planned. They call for people to contact them via…
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INDEP Talk by Elena Hofferberth on why Degrowth needs Planning uploaded on INDEP Youtube Channel
Read more: INDEP Talk by Elena Hofferberth on why Degrowth needs Planning uploaded on INDEP Youtube ChannelWe have uploaded Elena Hofferberth’s talk that was hosted by INDEP on the 26th of August on the INDEP YouTube channel. In the talk Elena talks about why the Degrowth discorse needs Democratic Economic Planning and offers some suggestions on how achieving Degrowth through planning might be possible. Feel free to share the talk with…
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Half-Earth Socialism Game now allows for custom cards and parameters
Read more: Half-Earth Socialism Game now allows for custom cards and parametersThe Half-Earth Socialism Game now allows for custom cards and parameters. These can be changed via the Editor. For this, the code of the game has been altered, which might result in bugs, corrupted saves and similar technical problems. These can be reported here. The Steam version and the Itch.io version still use the old…
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Exploring infrastructures that support alternatives to capitalism – A Talk by Raphael Arar
Read more: Exploring infrastructures that support alternatives to capitalism – A Talk by Raphael ArarWe have uploaded Raphael Arar’s talk that was hosted by INDEP on the 7th of August on the INDEP YouTube channel. In the talk Raphael gives a sneak peek at a project his team at One Project is currently working on, called “Common”. Feel free to share the talk with friends, colleagues, and comrades and…
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The social relations of modern industrial production and what it would mean to plan them
Read more: The social relations of modern industrial production and what it would mean to plan themDónal Ó Coisdealbha has published an article entitled Modern Industry and Prospects for Socialism in Cosmonaut about how the social production relation work in capitalism today and how they could evolve to a democratically planned organisation of work. Ó Coisdealbha is well placed to produce such an article since he is the director of process…
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A new mailing list on economic and ecological planning in French
Read more: A new mailing list on economic and ecological planning in FrenchA new mailing list called Théories, Outils et Données pour une approche Interdisciplinaire de la Planification (TODIP) was started in July 2024. Here’s a translation of their goals: To join this mailing list: https://groupes.renater.fr/sympa/info/todip
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Interview about INDEP on ZNet
Read more: Interview about INDEP on ZNetZNet has published an in-depth interview by Mark Evans with Ferdia O’Driscoll (Bright Age Beyond), an INDEP co-founder, independent researcher and social cybernetician based in Dublin, Ireland. Learn who is behind the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning, what it aims to achieve, when and how it was founded, and why it is crucial for…
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Solving Socialist Planning with guest Thomas Härdin + INDEP shoutout
Read more: Solving Socialist Planning with guest Thomas Härdin + INDEP shoutoutA new episode of the “From Alpha to Omega” podcast with Tomas Härdin, titled “Solving Socialist Planning”, has been released. In the episode Tomas also gives a shoutout to INDEP.
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German newspaper article on ecological planning in France + a shoutout to INDEP
Read more: German newspaper article on ecological planning in France + a shoutout to INDEPSamuel Decker, member of the Network “Plurale Ökonomik” (hereterodox economics) and the german Network for Democratic Economic Planning has published an article in the german newspaper “Frankfurter Rundschau”. It focuses on ecological planning in France, specifically the recent French elections. He also highlights the emergence of a lively debate around democratic economic planning and gave…
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INDEP Online Launch Event Recording uploaded to our Youtube Channel
Read more: INDEP Online Launch Event Recording uploaded to our Youtube ChannelWe uploaded the recording of our INDEP Online Launch Event from the 13th of July to our Youtube channel. Feel free to share it to rewatch it or share it with your friends, colleagues and comrades who couldn’t make it that day.
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New Study on Advancing Economic Democracy by FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies)
Read more: New Study on Advancing Economic Democracy by FEPS (Foundation for European Progressive Studies)The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) has published a study on advancing Economic Democracy. This study is part of a larger project on Economic Democracy in partnership with Open Society Foundations. FEPS has also held and participated in multiple events where parts of the study have been presented and discussed. The study itself can…
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