Stefan Meretz recently published an essay in which he responds to a critique by Hermann Lueer1 of the book he co-authored with Simon Sutterlütti, Make Capitalism History, and in doing so once again formulates a fundamental critique of the necessity of a general economic unit of measurement („unit of account“).2 Since in the last instance […]
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We have found several new texts dealing with one form or another of labour-time accounting and have added them to our online bibliography. Wherever possible, we have also included download links. One notable new addition is the state socialist Karl Rodbertus and his work Zur Erkenntniss unsrer staatswirthschaftlichen Zustände (1842). In it, he assigns a
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The Spanish trade union CNT has invited us to write a contribution on labour-time accounting for its theoretical journal Estudios. The new issue has just been published and covers, in three volumes, the topics of revolutionary syndicalism, ecology, and economic planning. It can be ordered HERE. We are sharing our contribution, in which we discuss
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A debate is currently taking place on the transitional society leading to communism and the role of labour-time accounting within it. It was initiated by an IDA presentation at an anti-capitalist summer camp last year. This was followed by a written exchange with the group International Perspective, which can be read HERE. In the meantime,
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Around eight weeks ago, Hermann Lueer published a critique of our text on the socialization of private reproductive labor. His article, titled “Social versus Private Reproductive Labor,” accuses us of reducing the Marxist calculation of labor time to absurdity. The starting point of this critique is our consideration of how private reproductive labor—especially in the
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Simon Sutterlütti and Stefan Meretz outline in “Kapitalismus aufheben” (2018) commonism as a post-capitalist society in which commons sustain production and distribution, work is organized voluntarily, and the means of production are socialized. In his German-language review, Hermann Lueer highlights the strengths of the book while also exposing the theoretical limits of the commonist project.
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We have translated some of our texts into English and Spanish, including Felix Klopotek’s article “Future State, Socialization, Work Time Accounting,” a travel report on time banks in Spain, and various contributions to the new debate on planned economies. In our updated publication list, you can browse all contributions from the last five years; in
In recent months, we have discovered several new books and articles dealing with the calculation of working time. These include works by Schumpeter, Backhaus, Šik, Hennaut, Mandel, Camatte, and Lenin. Please feel free to send us a message if you know of any titles that we have not yet included. Bibliography: LINK
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Abstract 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 calculation could serve as a tool to recognize it economically and, consequently, politically. Introduction to Labor-Time Calculation Labor-time calculation, as developed by the “Group of International Communists” (GIC)
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Untergrundblättle pays tribute with the article “Die vergessene Logik des Kommunismus” to the “Fundamental Principles” formulated by Jan Appel in prison in 1925 — the central theoretical text on labour-time accounting. The article by Herman Lueer is available in German and English and is highly recommended reading! We will bring the year to a dignified
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