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New Grant to do a PhD on Democratic Economic Planning in Canada
Read more: New Grant to do a PhD on Democratic Economic Planning in CanadaThe CRITS research group on democratic economic planning is looking for prospective PhD student(s) to submit a grant proposal and, possibly, receive money to do a PhD in Canada. The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has started the Impact+ Research Training Awards. This program offers CAD 40,000 per year for three…
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IDA posts Critical Review of Commonism Model
Read more: IDA posts Critical Review of Commonism ModelThe IDA (Initiative for Democratic Labour Time Accounting) has posted an article critically reviewing the 2018 book “Kapitalismus Aufheben” (“Sublating Capitalism”, an English edition of which was published) by Simon Sutterlütti and Stefan Meretz. In the book, Sutterlütti and Meretz develop their proposal for “Commonism”, a post-capitalist society in which commons sustain production and distribution,…
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New Translations of Texts on the Planning Debate by the IDA
Read more: New Translations of Texts on the Planning Debate by the IDAThe IDA (Initiative for Democratic Labour Time Accounting) has translated several of its texts into English and Spanish. These include Felix Klopotek’s article “Future State, Socialization, Labour-Time Accounting“, a travel report on time banks in Spain, and various contributions to the ongoing debate on planned economies. In their updated publication list, the IDA provides access…
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Recording of INDEP x Green Planning Commission Online Panel – Green Planning for Transition and Policy Uploaded
Read more: Recording of INDEP x Green Planning Commission Online Panel – Green Planning for Transition and Policy UploadedThe recording of our recent online Panel on green planning for transition and policy in collaboration with Common Wealth‘s Green Planning Commission has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
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IDA’s Working Time Calculation App Is Now Called Workers Control
Read more: IDA’s Working Time Calculation App Is Now Called Workers ControlThe IDA (Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung/Initiative for Democratic Working Time Accounting) has published an article announcing that their working time calculation app has been renamed so that it’s now called Workers Control. A summary of the article can be found below: We have renamed our working time calculation app – from now on it is called…
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Spanish Government Report Argues For Democratising Spain’s Economy
Read more: Spanish Government Report Argues For Democratising Spain’s EconomyThe High-Level Expert Committee on Democracy at Work, convened by the Vice President and Minister of Labor of Spain, Yolanda Díaz, and the Secretary of State for Employment, Joaquín Perez Rey in February 2025, published a report in February 2026 that outlines how Spain is in the midst of an economic and ecological crisis, how…
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Debate Continues In Cosmonaut About Article “Modern Industry and the Prospects for Socialism”
Read more: Debate Continues In Cosmonaut About Article “Modern Industry and the Prospects for Socialism”In a letter to the website Cosmonaut, Amelia Davenport responds to Lea Firmiani’s critique of the article “Modern Industry and Prospects for Socialism” by Dónal Ó Coisdealbha through outlining how Stafford Beer’s management cybernetics as well as Soviet cybernetics can contribute to ensuring that 21st century attempts at economic planning don’t reproduce the issues with…
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Large German Newspaper Published Article about Revival of Debate around Democratic Economic Planning
Read more: Large German Newspaper Published Article about Revival of Debate around Democratic Economic PlanningThe large German newspaper “Die Zeit” has published an article on the revival of the debate around democratic economic planning. The article article touches on a variety of topics and contributions related to this debate, focusing especially of questions of economic calculation and questions of possible applications of AI for economic planning. The most notable…
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Video Interview with Cédric Durand on French-German public TV-Channel Arte
Read more: Video Interview with Cédric Durand on French-German public TV-Channel ArteArte, a French-German public TV-Broadcaster has published a video interview with Cédric Durand. The interview discusses ecological democratic planning, drawing on his book “Comment bifurquer – Les Principes de la Planification Écologique“, co-authored with Razmig Keucheyan. The book has recently also been translated into German as “Das Prinzip Verzweigung – Über ökologische Planung in Wirtschaft…
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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Jon Walker “Viable Systems, Authoritarian Control, Neo-liberal Economics and the Future of our Socio-Economic-Political Approach to Governance” uploaded
Read more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Jon Walker “Viable Systems, Authoritarian Control, Neo-liberal Economics and the Future of our Socio-Economic-Political Approach to Governance” uploadedThe recording of our recent online talk with Jon Walker on “Viable Systems, Authoritarian Control, Neo-liberal Economics and the Future of our Socio-Economic-Political Approach to Governance” has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. This online talk was part of the INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial. You can watch it here or…
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Center for Popular Economics’ Summer Institute’s Registrations are Open
Read more: Center for Popular Economics’ Summer Institute’s Registrations are OpenThe Center for Popular Economics in Amherst, MA, United States, is now accepting registrations for its 2026 Summer Institute. The theme of this year’s summer institute is “Economics for the People – Challenging Capitalism in Troubled Times and Building Collective Futures”. It will be held from June 24th to June 28th at Hampshire College, Amherst.…
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Morozov’s Article “Socialism after AI” translated and critiqued in French
Read more: Morozov’s Article “Socialism after AI” translated and critiqued in FrenchEvgeny Morozov‘s article “Socialism after AI,” which recently sparked a debate, has been translated into French by the radical green magazine Terrestres. The text is prefaced by a short, unsigned and stern critique centred on the argument that “Morozov fails to mention the active role played by AI advocates in ecocide, as well as the…
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