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/
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Stefan Meretz, co-founder of the “Commons Institute” in Bonn, has subjected our concept of labor-time accounting to criticism. We would like to address the eleven points of criticism raised by Meretz individually. You can also access the article in German in our publications.
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As every month, we would like to share some activities and updates with you. First, a quick personal update: We are very pleased to announce the publication of a text by Guenther Sandleben as a brochure. The text is based on a lecture he gave at our invitation last year, titled “Working Time Instead of
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We are very pleased to be able to publish a text by Guenther Sandleben as a brochure. The text is based on a lecture he gave last year at our invitation and bears the title “Working Time Instead of Money. How Enterprises Can Calculate with Working Time.” The text makes it clear that working-time accounting
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