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Article: Democratizing provisioning systems: a prerequisite for living well within limits
Read more: Article: Democratizing provisioning systems: a prerequisite for living well within limitsArticle Title: Democratizing provisioning systems: a prerequisite for living well within limits Author Name: Julia Steinberger, Gauthier Guerin, Elena Hofferberth, Elke Pirgmaier Source/Publication: The journal Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy in a special issue “Shaping Provisioning Systems for Social-Ecological Transformation”. Language: English Excerpt: Article abstract: The core challenge of the 21st century, of achieving good…
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Job: Communications and Education Associate, Center for Economic Democracy
Read more: Job: Communications and Education Associate, Center for Economic DemocracyJob Title: Communications and Education Associate, Organization: Center for Economic Democracy Location: Boston, MA, United States Job Type: Full time, hybrid. Brief Description: “The Communications and Education Associate will add capacity and expand CED’s work to “educate and inspire people who seek a world beyond capitalism.”” Link to Full Job Post: Full details here: https://jobs.gusto.com/postings/center-for-economic-democracy-communications-and-education-associate-654e89b8-6492-4762-a971-c61e23d7d282…
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Report: Reviving the commons? A scoping review of urban and digital commoning
Read more: Report: Reviving the commons? A scoping review of urban and digital commoningReport Title: Reviving the commons? A scoping review of urban and digital commoning Author Name: James Henderson and Oliver Escobar Source/Publication: Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh Language: English Excerpt: This report explores the contemporary revival of commoning practices in urban and digital contexts. The authors, James Henderson and Oliver Escobar, delve into the historical…
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Christoph Sorg on Finance as Planning – Future Histories Podcast
Read more: Christoph Sorg on Finance as Planning – Future Histories PodcastJan Groos interviews Christoph Sorg for the Future Histories Podcast (in German) “Part 2 of the conversation with Christoph Sorg. This time on the history of planning in capitalism and ‘Finance as a form of planning’.” Christoph Sorg: Listen: https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e21-christoph-sorg-zu-finanzwirtschaft-als-planung
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Work organization, incentives and innovation – article on Cibcom
Read more: Work organization, incentives and innovation – article on CibcomCibcom has published an article (in Spanish) by Alan Ernesto Segura Pérez entitled “Work organization, incentives and innovation: limits of capitalism and proposals for a new socialism”. An excerpt of the introduction (machine-translated into English): This article begins with a general analysis of the form of dominant economic organization in modern capitalism, the capitalist corporation,…
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Varn Vlog Podcast interview with Eric Meier on the Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning
Read more: Varn Vlog Podcast interview with Eric Meier on the Aesthetics of Democratic Economic PlanningThe VarnVlog Podcast, hosted by C. Derick Varn, has recently released an interview with Eric Meier on the topic of the aesthetics of democratic economic planning. The interview focused on Eric’s exhibition “Art, Design, Aesthetics of Democratic Economic Planning”, which he organized and curated October last year in Bonn, Germany. A videotour of the exhibition…
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Study on deregulation and public-private partnerships of public energy utilities by “The Climate and Community Project” calls for democratic planning and ownership of electricity infrastructure
Read more: Study on deregulation and public-private partnerships of public energy utilities by “The Climate and Community Project” calls for democratic planning and ownership of electricity infrastructureThe Climate and Community Project recently released a study in which they evaluate the patterns of deregulation and public-private partnerships of public energy utilities in South Africa, the UK, Uruguay, France and Nebraska. While all of these different context have their own history and nuances, they found that this shared pattern and the widespread adoption…
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A recent article offers new attacks on the Austrian victory claim in the socialist calculation debate
Read more: A recent article offers new attacks on the Austrian victory claim in the socialist calculation debateAn open-access article in English by Jan Philipp Dapprich and Dan Greenwood, published in the Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, proposes a new cybersocialist approach to the socialist calculation debates. In this paper entitled Cybersocialism and the Future of the Socialist Calculation Debate, Dapprich and Greenwood review the limits of Austrian arguments when interacting…
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Open Call for Contributions to”IMPACT 2024 Powers of Practices – Scenarios of the Commons” (6th-10th November) – Deadline 25th September
Read more: Open Call for Contributions to”IMPACT 2024 Powers of Practices – Scenarios of the Commons” (6th-10th November) – Deadline 25th SeptemberApplications for IMPACT 2024, a transdisciplinary symposium hosted by PACT Zollverein in Essen, Germany, are now open. The Symposium will take place in person from the 6th to the 10th November, deadline for the call is the 25th September. The Symposium includes renumeration of 250€, accomodation and covering of the travel costs. You can apply…
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Program “Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning” starting at “The New Institute” this September
Read more: Program “Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning” starting at “The New Institute” this SeptemberThis September the Fellowship program “Beyond Capitalism: War Economy and Democratic Planning” will be start to be hosted by The New Institute, a think tank based in Hamburg, Germany. The program will be chaired by Kohei Saito and will last until June 2025. The fellows are Aaron Benanav, Troy Vettese, Cédric Durand, Matthias Schmelzer, Tatjana…
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Interview with Eric Meier and Simon Hannah on AntiCapitalist Radio about Democratic Planning and Utopian Aesthetics
Read more: Interview with Eric Meier and Simon Hannah on AntiCapitalist Radio about Democratic Planning and Utopian AestheticsA podcast interview with Eric Meier and Simon Hannah has recently been released. Simon is the host of the AntiCapitalist Radio podcast, which is hosted by the UK based organisation Anticapitalist Resistance. and talked with Eric about Democratic Socialist Planning and Radical Utopian Aesthetics. Both are members of INDEP and Simon is the author of…
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Planning for Degrowth – How artificial intelligence and big data revitalize the debate on democratic economic planning
Read more: Planning for Degrowth – How artificial intelligence and big data revitalize the debate on democratic economic planningThe Institute for International Political Economy Berlin has published a working paper on degrowth and democratic economic planning by Leo Schlichter entitled “Planning for Degrowth – How artificial intelligence and Big Data revitalize the debate on democratic economic planning”. Here is the abstract: The Degrowth movement advocates a radical shift from our capitalist economic system…
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