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Critical Theory In Context Interviews Aaron Benanav About Multi-Criterial Socialism
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in PodcastsRead more: Critical Theory In Context Interviews Aaron Benanav About Multi-Criterial SocialismIn this episode of the podcast Critical Theory in Context, Jacob Blumenfeld interviews Aaron Benanav of Cornell University about Benanav’s proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy. A summary of this […]
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Critical Theory In Context Interviews John O’Neill About The Socialist Calculation Debate
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in PodcastsRead more: Critical Theory In Context Interviews John O’Neill About The Socialist Calculation DebateIn this episode of the podcast Critical Theory In Context, Jacob Blumenfeld discusses the socialist calculation debate and its contemporary implications with John O’Neill of the University of Manchester. A […]
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Essay By Pelle Dragsted Discusses Elements of Democratic Planning in Northern Europe
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in ArticlesRead more: Essay By Pelle Dragsted Discusses Elements of Democratic Planning in Northern EuropePelle Dragsted, member of parliament for the Danish Red-Green Alliance, Marxist thinker and author from Denmark, recently published an essay for the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation titled ‘Nordic Socialism Shows the […]
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Talk By Aaron Benanav On Beyond Capitalism At Utrecht University
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in VideosRead more: Talk By Aaron Benanav On Beyond Capitalism At Utrecht UniversityOn 19th January 2026, Aaron Benanav gave a talk at Utrecht University as part of the Visions for the Future project’s speaker series, where Aaron outlined his proposal for a […]
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Article Provides Guide On Slovenia’s Employee Ownership Cooperative Act
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in ArticlesRead more: Article Provides Guide On Slovenia’s Employee Ownership Cooperative ActIn early January 2026, the Slovenian Institute for Economic Democracy published an article by Dr Tej Gonza, Dr David Ellerman, Kosta Juri, Gregor Berkopec and Tilen Božič that discusses the […]
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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Kyle Thompson and James Macumber on “Lessons of Cybernetics for Democratic Economic Planning” uploaded
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Kyle Thompson and James Macumber on “Lessons of Cybernetics for Democratic Economic Planning” uploadedThe recording of our recent online talk with Kyle Thompson and James Macumber on “Lessons of Cybernetics for Democratic Economic Planning” has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. This […]
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Responses to IDA’s article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive Labor
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in NewsRead more: Responses to IDA’s article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive LaborSince IDA (Initiative Democratic Labor-Time Accounting) published the article “Feminist Socialization? The Opportunity of Labor-Time Calculation for the Problem of Private Reproductive Labor“, the blog Leftdis has republished the IDA’s […]
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INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial
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in NewsRead more: INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s CentennialIn honor of the 100th birthday of the late Stafford Beer, INDEP is collaborating with Metaphorum to present a series of speakers for online events about Beer’s work, cybernetics, systems […]
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Debate in “The Ideas Letter” About Evgeny Morozov’s Essay “Socialism After AI”
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in NewsRead more: Debate in “The Ideas Letter” About Evgeny Morozov’s Essay “Socialism After AI”In early December 2025, The Ideas Letter published an essay by Evgeny Morozov that critiqued socialists for not fully recognising the implications of artificial intelligence for reimagining a feasible and […]
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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” uploaded
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” uploadedThe recording of our recent online talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch […]
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Collective Review of Recent Real Utopian Books Including ‘Creative Construction’
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in BooksRead more: Collective Review of Recent Real Utopian Books Including ‘Creative Construction’In a new literary essay, sociologist Tilman Reitz from the University of Jena reviews a collection of four books connected to democratic economic planning, real utopias, socialization and ecological economics […]
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IDA Publishes Article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive Labor
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in ArticlesRead more: IDA Publishes Article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive LaborHow can private reproductive labor be socialized under socialism? The text analyzes the political, cultural, and structural particularities of private reproductive labor and shows how labor-time calculation could serve as a tool to recognize it economically and, consequently, politically.
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