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Berlin Housing Movement Publishes a Draft Law to Socialize Real Estate Companies
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in NewsRead more: Berlin Housing Movement Publishes a Draft Law to Socialize Real Estate CompaniesThe Berlin based housing campaign ‘Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen‘ recently published a draft law for socializing large real estate companies like Deutsche Wohnen, Vonovia and others. After a positive […]
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An episode about postcapitalism on a French podcast
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in PodcastsRead more: An episode about postcapitalism on a French podcastSimon Tremblay-Pepin, a professor at Saint Paul University and a member of the research group on democratic economic planning at the CRITS, was interviewed by Frédérick Aubert on his podcast […]
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New Future Histories episode discusses second part of Aaron Benanav’s essay series on a multi-criterial socialist economy
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in PodcastsRead more: New Future Histories episode discusses second part of Aaron Benanav’s essay series on a multi-criterial socialist economyIn this new episode of the Future Histories podcast, host Jan Groos interviews Aaron Benanav, an academic at Cornell University, about the second part of Benanav’s “Beyond Capitalism” essay series […]
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Do We Need A New Debate on Economic Planning? A Lecture By Samia Mohammed
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in VideosRead more: Do We Need A New Debate on Economic Planning? A Lecture By Samia MohammedIn a recent lecture in Hannover, Germany, political scientist Samia Mohammed presents the history of the economic planning debate and reasons for a revival of democratic economic planning after capitalism. […]
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Recording of INDEP online Talk on “Radical Abundance. How to Win a Green Democratic Future” uploaded
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP online Talk on “Radical Abundance. How to Win a Green Democratic Future” uploadedThe recording of our recent online talk with Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell on their new book “Radical Abundance. How to Win a Green Democratic Future” has been […]
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Green Planning Commission has launched
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in NewsRead more: Green Planning Commission has launchedThe Green Planning Commission, a multi-year initiative to develop the theory and practice of green democratic economic planning from the think-tank Common Wealth, has launched. The Commission is run by […]
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Recording of INDEP online Talk with CibCom uploaded
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in VideosRead more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with CibCom uploadedThe recording of our recent online talk with CibCom on Cybernetics, Planning and Democracy has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch it here or below.
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IDA responds to Robin Hahnel’s critique of Labor-Time Accounting in new article
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in ArticlesRead more: IDA responds to Robin Hahnel’s critique of Labor-Time Accounting in new articleIDA responds to Robin Hahnel’s May 2025 critique of labor-time calculation, argueing that it remains the cornerstone of the growing debate on democratic, decentralized socialist planning.
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Postdoctoral contract on democratic economic planning in Québec
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in JobsRead more: Postdoctoral contract on democratic economic planning in QuébecThe research group on democratic economic planning at the Research Center on Social Innovation and Transformation (CRITS) at Saint Paul University in Ottawa is offering a postdoctoral contract. The objective […]
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New Future Histories episode discusses first part of Aaron Benanav’s essay series on a multi-criterial socialist economy
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in PodcastsRead more: New Future Histories episode discusses first part of Aaron Benanav’s essay series on a multi-criterial socialist economyIn this new episode of the Future Histories podcast, host Jan Groos interviews Aaron Benanav, an academic at Cornell University, about the first part of Benanav’s “Beyond Capitalism” essay series […]
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Call for Papers about Alternatives to Capitalism for 2026 SASE Conference
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Read more: Call for Papers about Alternatives to Capitalism for 2026 SASE ConferenceThe Alternatives to Capitalism Network of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics has released a call for papers for the 2026 SASE conference that will be held in Bordeaux, […]
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Call for Papers: Planning for the Pluriverse/POLLEN2026
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Read more: Call for Papers: Planning for the Pluriverse/POLLEN2026On the POLLEN2026 conference under the title ‘Diverse Origins, Multiple Futures: The Stories of Political Ecology’ from June 29 to July 3 2026 in Barcelona, Dominique Aresenault from the Université […]
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