INDEP

Welcome to our X page, where we post about the theory and practice of democratic economic planning! You can find out more about INDEP on our website (indep.network), while you can find recordings of our events on our YouTube channel (@INDEP-NetworkforDemocraticEcon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@INDEP-Network…).

The Cybernetic Economy Thematic Group of the Dutch Revolutionary Socialist Party will holding a meeting on Saturday 16th May from 1PM UTC, where two @zeitoekonomie members will discuss how a communist economy can be organised on the basis of labour-time. indep.network/event/themagro…

A new website by @metaphorumOrg brings together information about the 100th anniversary of British cyberneticist Stafford Beer’s birth, providing access to a conference, a book, and a documentary about him and his work. indep.network/website-launch…

Registration is now open for @metaphorumOrg's 2026 Conference and the organizers are also accepting panel presentations, workshops, poster sessions and creative proposals. It will be held 17th-19th September and submissions should be sent before 17th July indep.network/registration-f…

A new issue of Estudios, the journal published by @CNTsindicato, has been released, with its third volume being on economic planning. indep.network/a-new-issue-of…

A new edition of a course from @UNED explores democratic planning and post-capitalist models in the context of the climate crisis. It will be offered online in Spanish from April 16th to April 30th. You can register here: indep.network/event/uned-off…

On Tuesday 24th March from 7:30PM UTC+0, in our online talk in partnership with @KTB_Berlin, Janina Urban and @SolDgn discuss how investment could be democratised and socialised in a financialised capitalist economy. Register here: indep.network/event/indep-on…

The recording of our recent talk with Dr Angela Espinosa on applying the Viable Systems Model to create sustainable self-governance in communities and nations has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. indep.network/recording-of-i…

In the journal @marxismsciences, Ivan Bouchardeau has published an article providing a Marxist critique of cybernetics through discussing Project Cybersyn that existed in Chile from 1971-1973. indep.network/article-provid…

In the journal Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, Mathieu Dufour and Simon Tremblay-Pepin have published an article arguing for the incorporation of money into the post-capitalist economic model of Commonism. indep.network/article-argues…

In this episode of @ForeignPolicy's Ones and Tooze podcast, @adam_tooze and @CameronAbadi discuss China's 15th Five-Year Plan. indep.network/ones-and-tooze…

In the journal Globalizations, @cedric_durand has published an article that critiques Friedrich Hayek’s knowledge problem through analysing green finance and the Anthropocene and outlines how socialist planning could be feasible in the 21st century. indep.network/article-provid…

In the journal Antipode, Giulia Dal Maso of Ca’Foscari University and independent researcher Alessandro Maresca have published an article that argues that green finance is a form of algorithmic planning that can be repurposed for socialist ends. indep.network/article-examin…

We are excited to announce our new organisational partnership with @CommonsInstitut. indep.network/indeps-new-org…

Routledge has published a translation by Sarah Erden of a book by Tony Andréani that utilises a critical discussion of historical attempts at socialist planning and contemporary democratic economic planning models to propose a 21st century socialism. indep.network/book-by-tony-a…

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 Manchester. indep.network/critical-theor…

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

In this article for @rosaluxglobal, @pelledragsted highlights elements of democratic planning in the economies of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland and calls for “compelling – and realistic – socialist alternatives” to fight the far-right threat. indep.network/essay-by-pelle…

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

The @InstituteforED recently 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. indep.network/article-provid…

The recording of our recent online talk with Kyle Thompson of @giunitpod and James Macumber on “Lessons of Cybernetics for Democratic Economic Planning” has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. indep.network/recording-of-i…