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Critical Theory In Context Interviews John O’Neill About The Socialist Calculation Debate In 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…

In this episode of the podcast Critical Theory In Context, @cominsitu.bsky.social discusses the socialist calculation debate and its contemporary implications with John O’Neill of the University of Manchester. www.indep.network/critical-the...

Critical Theory In Context Interviews Aaron Benanav About Multi-Criterial Socialism In 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.

In this episode of the podcast Critical Theory in Context, Jacob Blumenfeld interviews Aaron Benanav of Cornell University about @abenanav.bsky.social's proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy. www.indep.network/critical-the...

Essay By Pelle Dragsted Discusses Elements of Democratic Planning in Northern Europe Pelle 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…

In this article for @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social, @pelledragsted.bsky.social highlights elements of democratic planning in the economies of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland and calls for socialist alternatives to fight the far-right threat. www.indep.network/essay-by-pel...

Talk By Aaron Benanav On Beyond Capitalism At Utrecht University On 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 multicriterial socialism.

As part of the Visions for the Future project’s speaker series, @abenanav.bsky.social gave a talk where he outlined his proposal for a multi-criterial socialism. www.indep.network/talk-by-aaro...

Article Provides Guide On Slovenia’s Employee Ownership Cooperative Act In 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 Employee…

The Institute for Economic Democracy published an article that discusses the Slovenian government's October 2025 Employee Ownership Cooperative Act that aims to facilitate the conversion of private businesses into cooperatives through legal and tax incentives. www.indep.network/article-prov...

Recording of INDEP online Talk with Kyle Thompson and James Macumber on “Lessons of Cybernetics for Democratic Economic Planning” uploaded The 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.

The recording of our recent online talk with Kyle Thompson of the General Intellect Unit and James Macumber on “Lessons of Cybernetics for Democratic Economic Planning” has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. www.indep.network/recording-of...

Responses to IDA’s article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive Labor Since 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 published two critiques of @zeitoekonomie.bsky.social's recent article outlining how labor-time accounting can be used to help address the problem of private reproductive labor. www.indep.network/responses-to...

INDEP online Talk with Jon Walker - Viable Systems, Authoritarian Control, Neo-liberal Economics and the Future of our Socio-Economic-Political Approach to Governance This event is part of the INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial. This event will take place in English. To participate, please register here. This talk examines the…

In this INDEP online talk on Monday 2nd March from 6PM UTC+0, Jon Walker will use Stafford Beer's Viable Systems Model to critique neoliberal capitalism and how we can better organise society on cybernetic principles. www.indep.network/event/indep-...

INDEP online Talk with Angela Espinosa - The Viable System Model as an Emancipatory Approach to Sustainable Self-Governance: Examples from Applications in Communities and Nations This event is part of the INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial. This event will take place in English. To participate, please register here. When Stafford Beer invented…

On Thursday 5th March from 6PM UTC+0, Angela Espinosa will talk about how Stafford Beer's Viable Systems Model is an emancipatory approach that can support a transition towards fairer, more democratic and more sustainable organisations and societies. www.indep.network/event/indep-...

Conference: What Can the Market Do? What Can Planning Do? To participate, please register here. The deadline for registrations is February 18. Prices for participation are on a sliding scale, depending which services you choose to claim.

A conference on the relationship between markets and democratic economic planning will be happening from Wednesday 4th March to Friday 6th March from 12:30AM UTC+1 at Evangelische Akademie Tutzing. You have until Wednesday 18th February to register. www.indep.network/event/confer...

INDEP online Talk with Kyle Thompson and James Macumber - Lessons of Cybernetics for Democratic Economic Planning This event is part of the INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial. This event will take place in English. To participate, please register here. The polycrisis of economic…

On Tuesday 24th February from 6PM UTC+0, we will be doing an online talk where Kyle Thompson of the General Intellect Unit podcast and our very own James Macumber will discuss cybernetics and its contemporary relevance for democratic economic planning. www.indep.network/event/indep-...

Discussion About Moving Beyond Capitalism The Center for Political Economy at Columbia University will be holding a discussion on how to move beyond capitalism. The discussion will be held in English. To participate, please register here.

The Center for Political Economy at Columbia University will be holding a discussion on how to move beyond capitalism between @abenanav.bsky.social and Professor Katharina Pistor on Monday 23rd February from 6PM UTC-5 at Jerome Greene Hall. More info here: www.indep.network/event/discus...

Introductory online Workshop: “What is Democratic Economic Planning?” This workshop is hosted by The New Centre for Research and Practice and is organized in partnership with INDEP. It will consist of two sessions, which will be three hours each. The first session will…

We are partnering with The New Centre for Research & Practice to hold an introductory online workshop on democratic economic planning on Thursday 30th April and Thursday 7th May. You can find out more about the workshop and how to register here: www.indep.network/event/introd...

INDEPxMetaphorum Online Talk Series for Stafford Beer’s Centennial In 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…

In honor of the late Stafford Beer's 100th birthday, we are collaborating with Metaphorum to present a series of speakers for online events about Beer’s work and its lasting relevance for questions regarding postcapitalism and democratic economic planning. www.indep.network/indepxmetaph...

Talk and Discussion: A Plan to Save the Future from Collaps: Half Earth Socialism The description is taken from the event’s website and has been translated into English. The event will take place in English. “Troy Vettese in conversation with Dirk Baecker and Maike Weißpflug…

A talk by Troy Vettese in conversation with Dirk Baecker and Maike Weißpflug on Half-Earth Socialism will be happening on Wednesday 11th February from 5-6PM UTC at Museum für Naturkunde Invalidenstraße 43, Berlin. More information can be found here: www.indep.network/event/talk-a...

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...

The Ideas Letter has hosted a debate on @evgenymorozov.bsky.social thought-provoking article on the need for an AI-inflected socialism that consists of critiques by @abenanav.bsky.social and Leif Weatherby as well as Morozov's response to Benanav's critique. www.indep.network/debate-in-th...

Recording of INDEP online Talk with Paul Adler on “What Socialist Planning can Learn from Business Management” uploaded The 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 it here or below.

You can watch the recording of our recent online talk with Paul Adler on the lessons of capitalist management techniques for democratic economic planning here: www.indep.network/recording-of...

IDA Publishes Article on Labor-Time Calculation and Private Reproductive Labor How 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…

In this new article, @zeitoekonomie.bsky.social expand the theory of labor-time accounting originally outlined in the text Fundamental Principles of Communist Production and Distribution by explicitly including (private) reproductive labor and care work. www.indep.network/ida-publishe...

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…

In a new 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. www.indep.network/collective-r...

German Podcast ‘Wohlstand für Alle’ Double Episode on Aaron Benanav’s Multicriterial Socialism Proposal In two new episodes of the German-language podcast Wohlstand für Alle, hosts Wolfgang M. Schmitt and Ole Nymoen discuss Aaron Benanav’s essay Beyond Capitalism about the theoretical foundations of his...

In two new episodes of the German-language podcast Wohlstand für Alle, hosts Wolfgang M. Schmitt and Ole Nymoen discuss @abenanav.bsky.social's multi-criterial socialist economy proposal. www.indep.network/german-podca...

Large German Conservative Newspaper Comments Benanav’s Multicriterial Economy Approach The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of the biggest conservative leaning newspapers in Germany, recently commented the two-part article from economist Aaron Benanav in the New Left Review on a…

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of Germany's largest conservative newspapers, recently critiqued @abenanav.bsky.social's multi-criterial socialist economy proposal. www.indep.network/large-german...

New Issue of Agora42 on Democratic Economic Planning Agora42, a German magazine on philosophical economics published an issue titled ‘What’s the plan?’ on democratic economic planning. After an introduction into the planning debate…

The magazine @agora42.bsky.social has published an issue on democratic economic planning. www.indep.network/new-issue-of...

This Machine Kills Podcast Interview With Aaron Benanav On His Multi-criterial Socialism Proposal – Part 2 In this new episode of the This Machine Kills podcast, co-hosts Jathan Sadowski and Edward Ongweso Jr. interview Aaron Benanav about the specific details of his proposal for a multi-criterial…

In this episode of the This Machine Kills podcast, @jathansadowski.com and @edwardongwesojr.com interview @abenanav.bsky.social about his proposal for a multi-criterial socialist economy. www.indep.network/this-machine...

A Prize for Students in Critical Political Economy The Jörg-Huffschmid-Prize will be awarded again to outstanding work in critical political economy at master/diploma/PhD level in a European university for work done in English or German.

The Jörg-Huffschmid-Prize will be awarded again to outstanding work in critical political economy at master/diploma/PhD level in a European university for work done in English or German, including on democratic economic planning. You can apply here: www.indep.network/a-prize-for-...

Job offer: Professorship in Social-Ecological Transformation of Economy and Work The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg opens a position for a professor in its Faculty of Economics, Law and Society. People interested in democratic economic planning could be…

Job offer: Professorship in Social-Ecological Transformation of Economy and Work at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg. Deadline to apply: Wednesday 25th February 2026. More details here: www.indep.network/job-offer-pr...

INDEP is Co-Hosting an Introductory Workshop on Democratic Economic Planning with The New Centre for Research and Practice The New Centre for Research and Practice is partnering with INDEP for an introductory online workshop on Democratic Economic Planning. The workshop titled ‘What is Democratic Economic Planning?

We are partnering with The New Centre for Research & Practice to hold an introductory online workshop on democratic economic planning on Thursday 30th April and Thursday 7th May. You can find out more about the workshop and how to register here: www.indep.network/indep-is-co-...

Book Examines the Implications of Yugoslav Workers’ Self-Management for Democratic Economic Planning Marko Grdešić and Mislav Žitko, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor respectively at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, published in October 2025 the book Socialist Economics in Yugoslavia: A…

Marko Grdešić and Mislav Žitko of the University of Zagreb published a book in October 2025 that provides a critical history of workers’ self-management in Yugoslavia from 1948 to the late 1980’s and its lessons for democratic economic planning today. www.indep.network/book-examine...

Workshop - Planification Écologique: Reality and Aspiration This workshop is organized by Gabriel Kahan (Sciences Po) and supported by LIEPP’s Environmental Policies research group (project Ecological Planning in the 21st Century: Uses, Forms…

On 19th March 2026 from 9:30AM-3PM UTC+1 at SciencesPo Salle 900, 9 rue de la Chaise, Paris, we are organising a workshop about ecological planning with @gkahan.bsky.social and LIEPP’s Environmental Policies research group. Register here: www.indep.network/event/worksh...

Talk by Matthias Zwack: Attempt and Failure of a Utopia - The Self-managed Socialism in Yugoslavia The event will take place in German. The description has been taken and translated from the event website. “An open society, grassroots democracy, and direct worker control over firms—in the midst of…

On 6th February 2026 from 7PM-9PM UTC+1 at Lütznerstraße 30, Leipzig, Sachsen 04227, Matthias Zwack will be doing a talk on the lessons of workers' self-management in Yugoslavia from 1948-1992 for future attempts at democratic economic planning. www.indep.network/event/talk-b...

Movie Screening and Discussion on Democratic Collective Firms IDA (Initiative Demokratische Arbeitszeitrechnung) invites to a screening of the movie “Ohne Chefs – Demokratie bei der Arbeit” (‘Without bosses – democracy at work’). After the movie there will be a…

On January 29th 2026 from 7:30-10:00PM UTC+1 at Regenbogenfabrik, Lausitzer Straße 21a, 10999 Berlin, @zeitoekonomie.bsky.social will be doing a screening and then a discussion about “Ohne Chefs – Demokratie bei der Arbeit”, a film about workplace democracy. www.indep.network/event/movie-...