Short film now in Serbo-Croatian
Our short film about labour-time accounting is now also available in Serbo-Croatian! Pa, možete se zabaviti i uživati.
Short film now in Serbo-Croatian Read More »
Theory
Interview in the Platypus Review
In the online edition of the current Platypus Review you can find a detailed interview with us: Democratic Labour-Time Calculation in and for the 21st Century An interview with the Initiative for Democratic Labour-Time Calculation (IDA) from Berlin about the history of the council movement, grassroots democratic economics, and concrete utopias. Download as PDF
Interview in the Platypus Review Read More »
PROKLA Review – On the Planning Debate
We have written a review of PROKLA issue no. 215: “Democratic Planned Economy in Times of Digitalization and Climate Crisis” in German. You can also access the article in our publications.
PROKLA Review – On the Planning Debate Read More »
IDA@Historical Materialism (London)
On November 8, we will present our concept of “enterprise-based planning” at this year’s Historical Materialism Conference in London. Our panel, along with others, is being organized by INDEP, the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning. https://www.indep.network/indep-organising-panels-at-21st-historical-materialism-conference/
IDA@Historical Materialism (London) Read More »
“‘Working time instead of money’: English translation”
Our brochure “Working Time Instead of Money” is now also available in English translation!Download the PDF here or request a printed copy. Even today, all businesses must plan. But how can they do this with working time instead of money? Economist Guenther Sandleben examines this question in this new IDA brochure and shows how an
“‘Working time instead of money’: English translation” Read More »
Paul Mattick – Russian Translation
We are sharing here a new Russian translation of Paul Mattick’s Introduction to the Basic Principles of Communist Production and Distribution from 1970. This introduction is undoubtedly worth reading, but it also raises some questions and does not fully reflect the position of our association. In particular, Mattick’s view that the abolition of labor-time accounting
Paul Mattick – Russian Translation Read More »
Newsletter – September 2024
Our article “Abolition of Forced Labor” has been published in the current issue of Contraste. In this piece, we respond to a critique by Stefan Meretz of labor-time accounting and try to clear up some misunderstandings. Our explainer video on labor-time accounting is now available not only in German, but also in English and Spanish.
Newsletter – September 2024 Read More »
Short film in English and Spanish
Our explainer video on labor-time accounting is now available not only in German, but also in English and Spanish – complete with a cool soundtrack: Video in German Video in English Video in Spanish A Polish version is already in production, and French and Italian versions are planned. Do you speak another language and want
Short film in English and Spanish Read More »
Newsletter August 2024
Our “Reading Circle Brochure,” the “Disco Brochure,” and “How Businesses Can Calculate Labour Time” are now also available in a practical DIN A5 format (fits in any bag) and freshly printed. Send us an email with the desired number of copies, and we will send them to you for free. We always appreciate donations; a
Newsletter August 2024 Read More »
Fund of public enterprises
In our assessment, all possible attempts to implement systems of labor-time accounting will have to deal with deviations from the plan. The fund of public enterprises, as conceptualized below, is intended to give the working class insight into such deviations at the societal level, enabling it to reach technical and political agreements on how to
Fund of public enterprises Read More »