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Yousaf Nishat-Botero on the Ecologies of Planning and Metabolic Municipalism.Shownotes Yousaf Nishat-BoteroDr. Yousaf Nishat-Botero at the University of Birmingham: https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/persons/yousaf-nishat-botero/Nishat-Botero, Y. (2023). Planning’s ecologies: Democratic planning in the age of planetary crises. Organization. Special Issue: Public Value, 1-23.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13505084231186749Nishat-Botero, Y. & Thompson, M. (2025). Planning in Nature’s Metropolis: Metabolic Municipalism and Ecological Planning in Barcelona. Environment and Planning D.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/02637758251364061Nishat-Botero, Y. & Thompson, M. The land question and postcapitalist countrysides: towards a town-country synthesis. In Postcapitalist Countrysides (N. Gallent, M.Gkartzios, M. Scott, A. Purves (Eds.). UCL Press.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379514594_The_land_question_and_postcapitalist_countrysides_towards_a_town-country_synthesison ‘metabolism’ in Liebig and Marx:Clark, B. & Foster, J. B. (2018). The Robbery of Nature: Capitalism and the Metabolic Rift. Monthly Review 70(3).https://monthlyreview.org/articles/the-robbery-of-nature/Marx, K. ([1867] 2004). Capital: Volume I. Penguin Uhttps://www.penguin.co.uk/books/35192/capital-by-karl-marx-intro-ernest-mandel-trans-ben-fowkes/9780140445688Sorg, C. (2023). Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: Toward an Expanded Notion of Democratically Planned Postcapitalism. Critical Sociology 49(3), 475-493.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08969205221081058Salleh, A. (2010). From Metabolic Rift to “Metabolic Value”: Reflections on Environmental Sociology and the Alternative Globalization Movement. Organization & Environment 23(2), 205-219.https://www.jstor.org/stable/27068655on ‘capitalism as socioecological totality’:Fraser, N. (2022). Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and what we can do about it. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2685-cannibal-capitalismMoore, J. (2015). Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/74-capitalism-in-the-web-of-lifePlanning for Entropy. (2022). Democratic Economic Planning, Social Metabolism and the Environment. Science and Society Journal. Vol 82, Nr 2. New York: Guilford Publicationshttps://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/siso.2022.86.2.291Latour, B. & Weibel, P. (2020). Critical Zones. The Science and Politics of Landing on Earth. MIT Press.https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262044455/critical-zones/on the Oskar-Lange-Model:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lange_modelBarca, S. (2021) Forces of Reproduction: Notes for a Counter-hegemonic Anthropocene. Elements in Environmental Humanities. Cambridge University Press.https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/forces-of-reproduction/BE9B0DBDC89593F3284FE3F51D3B0418on Donna Harraway’s ‘response-ability’:Harraway, D. (2016). Staying with the Trouble. Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press.https://www.dukeupress.edu/staying-with-the-troubleBraudel, F. (1979 [1992]). Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century, Vol I-III. University of California Press.https://www.ucpress.edu/books/civilization-and-capitalism-15th-18th-century-vol-i/paperNunes, R. (2021). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal: A Theory of Political Organization. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontal?srsltid=AfmBOoqNKlXZJs9HrqEBU4BlAF7hbaxEzAOWD1oQCV6M_Kwtg5n9xOcOon Otto Neurath’s political economy:https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/neurath/political-economy.htmlon the quote by Otto Neurath:Otto Neurath in O'Neill, J. (2003) ‘Socialism, Associations and the Market’, Economy and Society 32(2): 184–206https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249006144_Socialism_associations_and_the_marketon Friedrich Hayek’s argument against centralized planning:Hayek, F. A. (1945). The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review 35(4), 519-530.https://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/hykKnw.htmlhttps://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/hayek-opposes-centralized-economic-planningMorozov, E. (2019). Digital Socialism? New Left Review 116/117. https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii116/articles/evgeny-morozov-digital-socialismRochowicz, N. (2025). Planning progress: Incorporating innovation and structural change into models of economic planning. Competition & Change, 29(1), 64-82.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10245294231220690?Jameson, F. (1991). Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism. Duke University Press.https://web.education.wisc.edu/halverson/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2012/12/jameson.pdfToscano, A. & Kinkle, J. (2015). Cartographies of the Absolute. Zero Books.https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/cartographies-of-the-absoluteAnderson, P. (1961). Sweden: Mr. Crosland’s Dreamland. New Left Review 1/7.https://newleftreview.org/issues/i7/articles/perry-anderson-sweden-mr-crosland-s-dreamland-part-1Mandel, E. (1986). In Defence of Socialist Planning. New Left Review 1/159. https://newleftreview.org/issues/i159/articles/ernest-mandel-in-defence-of-socialist-planningThompson, M., & Nishat-Botero, Y. (2025). Postcapitalist Planning and Urban Revolution. Competition & Change, 29(1), 101-120.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10245294231210980Durand, C., Hofferberth, E. & Schmelzer, M. (2023). Planning beyond growth. The case for economic democracy within limits. Political Economy Working Papers. University of Geneva. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:166429on Barcelona En Comú:https://barcelonaencomu.cat/on Grupo AGBAR and the anti-privatisation movement:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Agbarhttps://ejatlas.org/conflict/remunicipalisation-and-anti-privatization-movement-in-barcelona1on the Socialist party of Catalonia: https://www.socialistes.cat/on the airport expansion in Barcelona: https://ejatlas.org/conflict/prat-airport-expansion-catalonia-spainon the paper by Union Populaire: https://programme.lafranceinsoumise.fr/livrets/planification-ecologique/on the quote from Mike Davis:Davis, M. (1990). City of Quartz. Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. Verso. https://www.versobooks.com/products/1320-city-of-quartz?srsltid=AfmBOor1VtvQMJu_87qS8EDz0EcwP9KABUrajgH5LX2pdFNXWVC5Su6BFuture Histories FolgenS03E59 | Cédric Durand on Ecological Planning https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e59-cedric-durand-on-ecological-planning/S03E50 Aaron Benanav - Beyond Capitalism IIhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e51-aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-ii/S03E49 Aaron Benanav - Beyond Capitalism Ihttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e50-aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-i/S03E21 | Christoph Sorg zu Finanzwirtschaft als Planunghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e21-christoph-sorg-zu-finanzwirtschaft-als-planung/S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/S02E44 | Evgeny Morozov on Discovery Beyond Competition https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e44-evgeny-morozov-on-discovery-beyond-competition/—If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information website:https://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/—Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#YousafNishat-Botero, #JanGroos, #Interview, #UniversityofBirmingham, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #FutureHistories, #DemocraticPlanning, #Planning, #EconomicPlanning, #Ecology, #Socialization, #Organization, #Capitalism, #Socialism, #Municipalism, #Metabolism, #PlanetaryCrisis, #Nature, #Barcelona 

Cédric Durand discusses ecological planning, institutional utopias, and the idea of bifurcation.Find the feed of English episodes only here: https://www.futurehistories-international.com/You can also import the RSS feed to your favorite app: https://www.futurehistories-international.com/feed.xmlShownotesCédric at the University of Geneva (includes a list of his publications):https://www.unige.ch/sciences-societe/dehes/membres/cedric-durandCédric’s personal website:https://durandcedric.wordpress.com/Durand, C. & Keucheyan, R. (2026 forthcoming). Das Prinzip Verzweigung. Über ökologische Planung in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Dietz.https://dietzberlin.de/verlagsprogramm-fruehjahr-2026Durand, C. & Keucheyan, R. (2024). Comment bifurquer. Les principes de la planification écologique. La Découverte.https://www.editionsladecouverte.fr/comment_bifurquer-9782355221910Durand, C., Hofferberth, E., Schmelzer, M. (2024). Planning Beyond Growth. The Case for Economic Democracy within Ecological Limits. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 437.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623045092?via%3DihubDurand, C. & Keucheyan, R. (2022). Planning without Political Constraint imposed on Economic Actors is not real Planning. Verso Blog.https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/5469-planning-without-political-constraint-imposed-on-economic-actors-is-not-real-planningon Karl William Kapp:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_William_Kappon Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekO’Neill, J. (2002). Socialist Calculation and Environmental Valuation. Money, Markets and Ecology. Science & Society, 66(1).http://gesd.free.fr/oneill.pdfon La Planification Ècologique in France:https://www.info.gouv.fr/grand-dossier/france-nation-vertethe Secrétariat général à la planification écologique (SGPE):https://lannuaire.service-public.gouv.fr/gouvernement/6af2c8c4-bdf7-405c-bd9e-ed48dad83b96Viennot, M. (2025). La planification écologique. La Découverte.https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/appendix.htmPisani-Ferry, J. & Mahfouz, S. (2023). The Economic Implications of Climate Action. A Repot to the French Prime Minister. France Stratégie.https://www.strategie-plan.gouv.fr/en/publications/economic-implications-climate-actionWright, E. O. (2010). Envisioning Real Utopias. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2143-envisioning-real-utopiason the Inflation Reduction Act:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_Reduction_Acton the Developmental State concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_stateZhou, Z., Ou, J., Li, S. (2016). Ecological Accounting. A Research Review and Conceptual Framework. Journal of Environmental Protection. 7. 643-655.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301270365_Ecological_Accounting_A_Research_Review_and_Conceptual_Frameworkon Citizen’s Assemblies:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_assemblyon Michel Husson:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Hussonon the Commanding Heights of the Economy concept:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commanding_heights_of_the_economyon the British Wartime Economy during the Second World War:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_home_front_during_World_War_IIon Economic Planning in France after the Second World War:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_planning_in_FranceAli, S. (1969). Economic Planning in France 1945–1965. A Brief Review. The Punjab University Economist, 7(1), 51–69.https://www.jstor.org/stable/25821321on Malthusianism:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianismon Degrowth:https://degrowth.infoon Jason Hickel:www.jasonhickel.orgon Giorgos Kallis:https://www.icrea.cat/community/icreas/17610/giorgos-kallis/Jackson, T., Hickel, J., Kallis, G. (2024). Confronting the Dilemma of Growth. A Response to Warlenius (2023). Ecological Economics, Vol. 220.https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092180092300352X?via%3DihubZeug, W., Heyer, J., Lutosch, H. (2025). Cybernetic Democratic Economic Planning & Holistic Accounting. An Economic Framework to Achieve Sustainable Societal Metabolisms.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393790658_Cybernetic_Democratic_Economic_Planning_Holistic_Accounting_-_An_Economic_Framework_to_Achieve_Sustainable_Societal_Metabolismson the Holistic and Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (HILCSA):https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=50083on Ecosystem Services:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_serviceO’Neill, D.W., Fanning, A.L., Lamb, W.F. et al. (2018). A Good Life for All Within Planetary Boundaries. Nature Sustainability 1, 88–95.https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0021-4Fehér, F., Heller, A., Márkus, G. (1983). Dictatorship Over Needs. Blackwell.https://archive.org/details/dictatorshipover0000fehe/page/n5/mode/2upKeucheyan, R. (2024). Ágnes Heller’s Theory of Need Is a Vital Political Tool. Jacobin.https://jacobin.com/2024/12/agnes-heller-philosophy-marxism-needson Planetary Boundaries:https://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/planetary-boundaries.htmlon Wassily Leontief:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Leontiefon the Input-Output Model in Economics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input%E2%80%93output_modelon the Berlin Housing Campaign for Socializing Housing owned by Big Real Estate Companies:https://dwenteignen.de/enon Socialization in the Energy Sector:https://communia.de/en/energy-power-transformation/on the New International Economic Order (NIEO):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Economic_Orderon the Banque de France:https://www.banque-france.fr/enon the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE):https://www.insee.fr/en/information/2107702on the Direction Générale des Entreprises:https://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/ Future Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS3E55 | Kim Stanley Robinson on Real Utopian Futureshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e55-kim-stanley-robinson-on-real-utopian-futuresS03E54 | Rabea Berfelde on Socialisationhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e54-rabea-berfelde-on-socialisation/S03E30 | Matt Huber & Kohei Saito on Growth, Progress and Left Imaginarieshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e30-matt-huber-kohei-saito-on-growth-progress-and-left-imaginaries/S02E24 | Grace Blakeley on Capitalist Planning and its Alternativeshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e24-grace-blakeley-on-capitalist-planning-and-its-alternatives/S03E21 | Christoph Sorg zu Finanzwirtschaft als Planunghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e21-christoph-sorg-zu-finanzwirtschaft-als-planung/S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/S03E02 | George Monbiot on Public Luxuryhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e02-george-monbiot-on-public-luxury/---If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information website:https://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/---Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#CédricDurand, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #Transition, #DemocraticPlanning, #EcologicalPlanning, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Capitalism, #Socialism, #Socialisation, #Investment, #Degrowth, #State, #RealUtopias

Yanis Varoufakis and Raphael Arar discuss the Monetary Commons.Find the feed of English episodes only here: https://www.futurehistories-international.com/You can also import the RSS feed to your favorite app: https://www.futurehistories-international.com/feed.xml ShownotesYanis’ website:https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/Raphael’s website:https://rarar.com/Iza Romanowska at Aarhus University:https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/iza-romanowska/Hirad’s website:https://hiradsab.com/the Monetary Commons website:https://monetarycommons.com/Varoufakis, Y. (2024). Technofeudalism. What Killed Capitalism. Vintage Books.https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/451795/technofeudalism-by-varoufakis-yanis/9781529926095Varoufakis, Y. (2021). Another Now. Melville House.https://www.mhpbooks.com/books/another-now/on the 2025 German ‘Sondervermögen’/‘The Special Fund for Infrastructure and Climate Neutrality’:https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Web/EN/Issues/Public-Finances/SVIK/special-fund-infrastructure-and-climate-neutrality.htmlon Wolfgang Schäuble:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Sch%C3%A4ubleGraeber, D. (2011). Debt. The first 5,000 Years. Melville House.https://files.libcom.org/files/__Debt__The_First_5_000_Years.pdfon IOU’s:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOUon the Money Market Multiplier:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_multiplieron Ludwig Wittgenstein’s argument of the impossibility of a private language:https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/private-language/on the Digital Renminbi in China:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_renminbion Universal Basic Income (UBI):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_incomeBerry, C. (2023). The Case for a Universal Basic Dividend. UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, Policy Brief series 25.https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sites/bartlett/files/berry_c_2023._the_case_for_a_universal_basic_dividend.pdfon fiat money:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_moneyVaroufakis, Y. (2013). Bitcoin and the Dangerous Fantasy of ‘Apolitical’ Money.https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2013/04/22/bitcoin-and-the-dangerous-fantasy-of-apolitical-money/on the case of Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge, being sanctioned by the US:https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/19/nicolas-guillou-french-icc-judge-sanctioned-by-the-us-you-are-effectively-blacklisted-by-much-of-the-world-s-banking-system_6747628_4.htmlon the distributed ledger technology:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_ledgerMau, S. (2023). Mute Compulsion. A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2759-mute-compulsionMcCarthy, M. A. (2025). The Master's Tools. How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It). Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/755-the-master-s-toolsSorg, C. (2025). Finance as a Form of Economic Planning. Competition & Change, 29(1), 17-37.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10245294231217578on citizen’s assemblies:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_assemblyon the International Monetary Fund (IMF):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fundon the Digital Euro:https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/html/index.en.htmlthe essay that includes the quote by Peter Thiel on the incompatibility of liberalism/capitalism and democracy:https://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian/on the Meidner Plan:https://jacobin.com/2025/08/sweden-socialism-rehn-meidner-planon the Trump administration buying 10% of Intel shares:https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-economic-and-policy-experts-think-about-the-u-s-governments-stake-in-intelon Cloud Capital (see also Yanis’ ‘Technofeudalism’ book):https://youtu.be/3gsGvgrsyOU?si=fQwW5BEHBFDvB980on Ursula K. Le Guin:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guinthe speech including the mentioned quote by her:https://youtu.be/Et9Nf-rsALk?si=VCGW4OoDqY0HXa2Eon the 1973 Coup in Chile:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Chilean_coup_d%27%C3%A9taton Modern Monetary Theory (MMT):https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Monetary_Theoryon Fernando Haddad:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Haddadon pix:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pix_(payment_system)on the 2008 financial crisis in Iceland:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%932011_Icelandic_financial_crisisFuture Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS3E29 | Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e29-nancy-fraser-on-alternatives-to-capitalism/S03E21 | Christoph Sorg zu Finanzwirtschaft als Planunghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e21-christoph-sorg-zu-finanzwirtschaft-als-planung/S03E19 | Wendy Brown on Socialist Governmentalityhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e19-wendy-brown-on-socialist-governmentality/S02E34 | tante zu Crypto-Imaginaries und alternativen technologischen Infrastrukturenhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e34-tante-zu-crypto-imaginaries-und-alternativen-technologischen-infrastrukturen/S02E28 | Marcus Meindel zum Global Commoning Systemhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e28-marcus-meindel-zum-global-commoning-system/S01E59 | Joscha Wullweber zu Zentralbankkapitalismushttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e59-joscha-wullweber-zu-zentralbankkapitalismus/S01E34 | Aaron Sahr zu monetärer Souveränität und Modern Monetary Theory (Teil 2)https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e34-aaron-sahr-zu-monetaerer-souveraenitaet-und-modern-monetary-theory-teil-2/S01E33 | Aaron Sahr zu monetärer Souveränität und Modern Monetary Theory (Teil 1)https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e33-aaron-sahr-zu-monetaerer-souveraenitaet-und-modern-monetary-theory-teil-1/  Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#YanisVaroufakis, #RaphaelArar #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #MonetaryCommons, #Commons, #Transition, #Capitalism, #Socialism, #Narratives, #MMT, #CentralBanks, #MoneyCreation, #Commoning, #Finance

Kim Stanley Robinson, an award-winning sci-fi author, delves into thought-provoking ideas about our future. He critiques 'preemptive capitulation' and argues that the future is still contestable. Robinson discusses concepts like 'futurecide' and the importance of human agency amidst demographic shifts and inequality. He advocates for eco-socialism, emphasizing practical conservation goals. He explores the impact of science fiction on contemporary realities and suggests that narratives of solidarity can inspire action for a better tomorrow.

Rabea Berfelde discusses socialisation, its history and current socialisation movements.Future Histories LIVE.This episode is part of the ‘Future Histories LIVE’ format. For this, individual episodes are recoded live – that is, in front of an audience – at irregular intervals. This episode was recorded on August 6th, during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland, titled “Economics as Resistance. Heterodox Strategies on Housing, Energy, and Agriculture against the New Right”.ShownotesRabea at the Center for Social Critique of the Humboldt University Berlin:https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/people/rabea-berfelde/the Socialization in Theory and Practice research project:https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/projects/socialization-in-theory-and-practice/the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland:https://resuso.ch/Berfelde, R., & Möller, P. (2025). (Re)-Imagining Housing as an Infrastructure for Social Reproduction. In J. Groos & C. Sorg (Eds.), Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press.https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionBerfelde, R. et al. (2024). Für eine Linke mit Plan. Luxemburg. Gesellschaftsanalyse und Linke Praxis. 1/2024.https://zeitschrift-luxemburg.de/artikel/fuer-eine-linke-mit-plan/Berfelde, R. & Heeg, S. (2024). Struggling with and through Knowledge Production: The Campaign ‘Expropriate Deutsche Wohnen & Co.’s’ Attempt at Housing Definancialisation in Berlin. Critical Housing Analysis 11 (1): 105-114.https://www.housing-critical.com/home-page-1/struggling-with-and-through-knowledge-productioBerfelde, R., & Blumenfeld, J. (2024). Von der Vergesellschaftung zur Planung und wieder zurück: Über alte und neue Debatten um Wirtschaftsplanung und Vergesellschaftung. PROKLA. Zeitschrift für Kritische Sozialwissenschaft, 54 (215), 177–193.https://www.prokla.de/index.php/PROKLA/article/view/2119Berfelde, R., & Möller, P. (2023). Radikaldemokratische Planung der Wohnraumversorgung? Das Vergesellschaftungskonzept von »Deutsche Wohnen & Co. enteignen«. PROKLA. Zeitschrift für Kritische Sozialwissenschaft, 53 (212), 561–577.https://www.prokla.de/index.php/PROKLA/article/view/2049on the Bavarian Soviet/Council Republic:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_Soviet_Republicon the German revolution of 1918-19:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_revolution_of_1918%E2%80%931919Backhaus, J., Chaloupek, G., & Frambach, H. A. (2019). The First Socialization Debate (1918) and Early Efforts Towards Socialization. Springer.https://www.springerprofessional.de/the-first-socialization-debate-1918-and-early-efforts-towards-so/16761374on Otto Neurath:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_NeurathChaloupek, G. (2007). Otto Neurath's Concepts of Socialization and Economic Calculation and his Socialist Critics. In: Nemeth, E., Schmitz, S.W., Uebel, T.E. (eds.) Otto Neurath's Economics in Context. Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, vol 13. Springer.https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-6905-5_4on Karl Korsch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Korschon Otto Bauer:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_BauerMeyer, N. (2023). Otto Bauer on the Long Transition to Socialism. Left Notes.https://www.left-notes.com/p/otto-bauer-long-transition-to-socialismon Karl Kautsky:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_KautskyVrousalis, N. (2018). Council Democracy and the Socialisation Dilemma. In: Muldoon, J. (ed.) Council Democracy. Towards a Democratic Socialist Politics. Routledge.https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781351205634-5/council-democracy-socialisation-dilemma-nicholas-vrousalisBlumenfeld, J. (2023). What was socialization? A look back.https://sfb294-eigentum.de/en/blog/what-was-socialization-a-look-back/Critical Theory Network et al. (2024). 11 Theses on Socialisation.https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/interventions/11-theses-on-socialisation/Benanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism – 1. New Left Review. 153 May-June 2025.https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii153/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-1Benanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism – 2. New Left Review. 154 July-August 2025.https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-2Muldoon, J. (ed.) (2018). Council Democracy. Towards a Democratic Socialist Politics. Routledge.https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781351205634/council-democracy-james-muldoonon Deutsche Wohnen & Co Enteignen (the Berlin Housing Campagin):https://dwenteignen.de/enHoffrogge, R. (2024). Commons and Constitution: historical and legal roots of the German socialization movement:https://sfb294-eigentum.de/de/blog/commons-and-constitution-historical-and-legal-roots-of-the-german-socialization-movement/for projects on socialization in different sectors see also:https://communia.de/en/communia (2024). Socialising Energy. Lessons from radical housing campaigns in Germany. In: Buxton, N. (ed.) (2024). Energy, Power and Transition. Transnational Institute.https://www.tni.org/files/2024-03/State%20of%20Power%202024-web.pdfon the legal assessment of socialising the energy sector in Germany:https://communia.de/energiekonzerne-enteignen-das-geht/article 15 in the constitution of Germany:https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gg/art_15.htmlfor the draft of the socialisation law by the Berlin Housing Campaign see here:https://dwenteignen.de/en/materialthe Ackersyndikat:https://ackersyndikat.org/RWE & Co Enteignen:https://rwe-enteignen.de/Hamburg Enteignet:https://hamburg-enteignet.de/the socialist calculation debate:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_calculation_debatethe first socialisation conference 2022:https://communia.de/en/project/socialization-conference-october-2022/the second socialisation conference 2024:https://communia.de/en/project/lets-socialize-socialization-for-climate-justice/on anti-fascist economics:https://www.exploring-economics.org/en/discover/anti-fascist-economics/Future Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS03E29 | Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e29-nancy-fraser-on-alternatives-to-capitalism/S03E19 | Wendy Brown on Socialist Governmentalityhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e19-wendy-brown-on-socialist-governmentality/S03E10 | Katharina Keil zu Vergesellschaftung und Transformationhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e10-katharina-keil-zu-vergesellschaftung-und-transformation/S02E57 | Jenny Stupka zum Kampf um Vergesellschaftunghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e57-jenny-stupka-zum-kampf-um-vergesellschaftung/S02E57 | Jenny Stupka zum Kampf um Vergesellschaftunghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e57-jenny-stupka-zum-kampf-um-vergesellschaftung/S02E48 | Heide Lutosch, Christoph Sorg und Stefan Meretz zu Vergesellschaftung und demokratischer Planunghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e48-heide-lutosch-christoph-sorg-und-stefan-meretz-zu-vergesellschaftung-und-demokratischer-planung/S02E29 | Max und Lemon von communia zu Vergesellschaftung und demokratischer Wirtschafthttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e29-max-und-lemon-von-communia-zu-vergesellschaftung-und-demokratischer-wirtschaft/S02E23 | Nina Scholz zu den wunden Punkten von Google, Amazon, Deutsche Wohnen & Co.https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e23-nina-scholz-zu-den-wunden-punkten-von-google-amazon-deutsche-wohnen-co/S03E32 | Jacob Blumenfeld on Climate Barbarism and Managing Declinehttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e32-jacob-blumenfeld-on-climate-barbarism-and-managing-decline/ ---If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/---Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#RabeaBerfelde, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #FutureHistoriesLive #DemocraticPlanning, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Capitalism #BerlinHousingCampaign, #DWE, #Economics, #Socialism, #Socialisation, #OttoNeurath, #AaronBenanav, #Transition

Aaron Benanav discusses the second part of his ‘Beyond Capitalism’ essay series in the New Left Review. In this part he lays out the institutional design of his proposal of a multi-criterial economy.ShownotesAaron at Cornell University:https://cals.cornell.edu/people/aaron-benanavAaron’s personal website:https://www.aaronbenanav.com/Access to Aaron's paywalled publications:https://www.aaronbenanav.com/papersMailing List to join the Movement for Multi-Dimensional Economics:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUF7MZ2jQJXY_wHKn5xSIo-_L0tkMO-SG079sa5lGhRJTgqg/viewformBenanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism—1. New Left Review, Issue 153, 65–128.https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii153/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-1Benanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism—2. New Left Review, Issue 154, 97–143.https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-2Benanv, A. (2020). Automation and the Future of Work. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2682-automation-and-the-future-of-workon economic stagnation, see especially chapter 3, “In the Shadow of Stagnation”.on Marx’s concept of the Value-Form:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/appendix.htmMoore, J.W. & Patel, R. (2020). A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/817-a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-thingson the abstract domination of capitalism:Postone, M. (1993). Time, Labor and Social Domination. A Reinterpretation of Marx’s Critical Theory. Cambridge University Press.https://files.libcom.org/files/Moishe%20Postone%20-%20Time,%20Labor,%20and%20Social%20Domination.pdfMau, S. (2023). Mute Compulsion. A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2759-mute-compulsionLeipold, B. (2024). Citizen Marx. Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought. Princeton University Press.https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691205236/citizen-marxon GDP (Gross Domestic Product):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_producton the Five-Year Plans in the Soviet Union:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-year_plans_of_the_Soviet_UnionKatsenelinboigen, A. (1977). Coloured Markets in the Soviet Union. Soviet Studies. Vol. 29, No.1. 62-85.https://www.jstor.org/stable/150728Uvalić, M. (2018). The Rise and Fall of Market Socialism in Yugoslavia.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331223694_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Market_Socialism_in_Yugoslaviaon Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekHayek, F. A. (1945). The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review, 35(4), 519–530.https://www.jstor.org/stable/1809376on the Pareto Optimum:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_efficiencyon Rational Choice Theory:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_modelon Behavioral Economics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_economicson Otto Neurath:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Neurathon Neurath’s technocratic tendencies:https://jacobin.com/2023/02/technocratic-socialism-otto-neurath-utopianism-capitalismon Joseph Raz:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Razon Utilitarianism:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianismon the Capability Approach by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_approachon the Human Development Index (HDI):https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/human-development-index#/indicies/HDIon the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs):https://sdgs.un.org/goalson Multi-Objective Optimization:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-objective_optimizationSaros, D. E. (2014). Information Technology and Socialist Construction. The End of Capital and the Transition to Socialism. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/Information-Technology-and-Socialist-Construction-The-End-of-Capital-and-the-Transition-to-Socialism/Saros/p/book/9780415742924on Neoclassical Economics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_economicson Citizen Assemblies and Sortition:https://www.sortitionfoundation.org/on John Stuart Mill:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_MillMill, J. S. (2011). On Liberty. Cambridge University Press.https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/on-liberty/62EC27F1E66E2BCBA29DDCD5294B3DE0McCabe, H. (2021). John Stuart Mill, Socialist. McGill-Queen’s University Press.https://www.mqup.ca/john-stuart-mill--socialist-products-9780228005742.phpon Degrowth:https://degrowth.info/on Nick Land and Right Accelerationism:https://youtu.be/lrOVKHg_PJQ?si=Q4oFbaM1p4fhcWP0on Left Accelerationism:https://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/05/14/accelerate-manifesto-for-an-accelerationist-politics/Devine, P. (2002). Participatory Planning through Negotiated Coordination. Science & Society, Vol. 66, No. 1, 72-85.https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/siso.66.1.72.21001?journalCode=sisoon Oskar R. Lange:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_R._Langeon Lange’s neoclassical approach to Socialism:https://jacobin.com/2022/10/oskar-lange-neoclassical-marxism-limits-of-capitalism-economic-theoryKowalik, T. (1990). Lange-Lerner Mechanism. In: Eatwell, J., Milgate, M., Newman, P. (eds). Problems of the Planned Economy. Palgrave Macmillan.https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-20863-0_21on Joseph Schumpeters concept of Creative Destruction:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destructionShaikh, A. (2016). Capitalism. Competition, Conflict, Crises. Oxford Academic.https://academic.oup.com/book/1464Kornai, J. (1980). “Hard” and “Soft” Budget Constraint. Acta Oeconomica, 25(3/4), 231–245.https://www.jstor.org/stable/40728773on the Cobb-Douglas Production Function:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobb%E2%80%93Douglas_production_functionon Adam Smith:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_SmithLutosch, H. (2025). Embracing the Small Stuff. Caring for Children in a Liberated Society. In: Groos, J., & Sorg, C. (Eds.). (2025). Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press.https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionHahnel, R. (2021). Democratic Economic Planning. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/Democratic-Economic-Planning/Hahnel/p/book/9781032003320Cockshott, P. & Cottrell, A. (1993). Towards a New Socialism. Spokesman.https://users.wfu.edu/cottrell/socialism_book/new_socialism.pdfon Universal Basic Services (UBS):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_serviceshttps://autonomy.work/ubs-hub/Fraser, N. & Sorg, C. (2025). Socialism, Planning and the Relativity of Dirt. In: Groos, J., & Sorg, C. (Eds.). (2025). Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press.https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionon Milton Friedman:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedmanon John Maynard Keynes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_KeynesAaron on what to learn from radical Keynesianism for a transitionary Program:Benanav, A. & Henwood, D. (2025). Behind the News. Beyond the Capitalist Economy w/ Aaron Benanav.https://open.spotify.com/episode/2diIiFkkM4x7MoZhi9e0txon Socializing Finance:McCarthy, M. A. (2025). The Master's Tools. How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It). Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/755-the-master-s-toolsFuture Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS3E47 | Jason W. Moore on Socialism in the Web of Lifehttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e47-jason-w-moore-on-socialism-in-the-web-of-life/S03E29 | Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e29-nancy-fraser-on-alternatives-to-capitalism/S03E04 | Tim Platenkamp on Republican Socialism, General Planning and Parametric Controlhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e04-tim-platenkamp-on-republican-socialism-general-planning-and-parametric-control/S02E33 | Pat Devine on Negotiated Coordinationhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e33-pat-devine-on-negotiated-coordination/S03E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/S01E32 | Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2)https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e32-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-2/S02E31 | Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1)https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e31-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-1/---If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/---Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#AaronBenanav, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #Transition, #DemocraticPlanning, #Keynes, #Efficiency, #Economics, #NeoclassicalEconomics, #NeoclassicalSocialism, #OttoNeurath, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Capitalism, #Economics, #Socialism, #Socialisation, #Investment, #Degrowth, #UniversalBasicServices, #CareWork

Aaron Benanav discusses the first part of his ‘Beyond Capitalism’ essay series in the New Left Review. In this part he lays the groundwork for his proposal of a multi-criterial economy.SASE - Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics:https://sase.org/SASE Network I: Alternatives to Capitalism (including CfP):https://sase.org/networks/i-alternatives-to-capitalism/  ShownotesAaron at Cornell University:https://cals.cornell.edu/people/aaron-benanavAaron’s personal website:https://www.aaronbenanav.com/Access to Aaron's paywalled publications:https://www.aaronbenanav.com/papersMailing List to join the Movement for Multi-Dimensional Economics:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUF7MZ2jQJXY_wHKn5xSIo-_L0tkMO-SG079sa5lGhRJTgqg/viewformBenanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism—1. New Left Review, Issue 153, 65–128.https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii153/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-1Benanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism—2. New Left Review, Issue 154, 97–143.https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-2Benanv, A. (2020). Automation and the Future of Work. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2682-automation-and-the-future-of-workon economic stagnation, see especially chapter 3, “In the Shadow of Stagnation”.on Marx’s concept of the Value-Form:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/appendix.htmMoore, J.W. & Patel, R. (2020). A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/817-a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-thingson the abstract domination of capitalism:Postone, M. (1993). Time, Labor and Social Domination. A Reinterpretation of Marx’s Critical Theory. Cambridge University Press.https://files.libcom.org/files/Moishe%20Postone%20-%20Time,%20Labor,%20and%20Social%20Domination.pdfMau, S. (2023). Mute Compulsion. A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2759-mute-compulsionLeipold, B. (2024). Citizen Marx. Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought. Princeton University Press.https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691205236/citizen-marxon GDP (Gross Domestic Product):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_producton the Five-Year Plans in the Soviet Union:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-year_plans_of_the_Soviet_UnionKatsenelinboigen, A. (1977). Coloured Markets in the Soviet Union. Soviet Studies. Vol. 29, No.1. 62-85.https://www.jstor.org/stable/150728Uvalić, M. (2018). The Rise and Fall of Market Socialism in Yugoslavia.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331223694_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Market_Socialism_in_Yugoslaviaon Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekHayek, F. A. (1945). The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review, 35(4), 519–530.https://www.jstor.org/stable/1809376on the Pareto Optimum:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_efficiencyon Rational Choice Theory:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_modelon Behavioral Economics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_economicson Otto Neurath:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Neurathon Neurath’s technocratic tendencies:https://jacobin.com/2023/02/technocratic-socialism-otto-neurath-utopianism-capitalismon Joseph Raz:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Razon Utilitarianism:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianismon the Capability Approach by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_approachon the Human Development Index (HDI):https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/human-development-index#/indicies/HDIon the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs):https://sdgs.un.org/goalson Multi-Objective Optimization:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-objective_optimizationSaros, D. E. (2014). Information Technology and Socialist Construction. The End of Capital and the Transition to Socialism. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/Information-Technology-and-Socialist-Construction-The-End-of-Capital-and-the-Transition-to-Socialism/Saros/p/book/9780415742924on Neoclassical Economics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_economicson Citizen Assemblies and Sortition:https://www.sortitionfoundation.org/on John Stuart Mill:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_MillMill, J. S. (2011). On Liberty. Cambridge University Press.https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/on-liberty/62EC27F1E66E2BCBA29DDCD5294B3DE0McCabe, H. (2021). John Stuart Mill, Socialist. McGill-Queen’s University Press.https://www.mqup.ca/john-stuart-mill--socialist-products-9780228005742.phpon Degrowth:https://degrowth.info/on Nick Land and Right Accelerationism:https://youtu.be/lrOVKHg_PJQ?si=Q4oFbaM1p4fhcWP0on Left Accelerationism:https://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/05/14/accelerate-manifesto-for-an-accelerationist-politics/Devine, P. (2002). Participatory Planning through Negotiated Coordination. Science & Society, Vol. 66, No. 1, 72-85.https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/siso.66.1.72.21001?journalCode=sisoon Oskar R. Lange:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_R._Langeon Lange’s neoclassical approach to Socialism:https://jacobin.com/2022/10/oskar-lange-neoclassical-marxism-limits-of-capitalism-economic-theoryKowalik, T. (1990). Lange-Lerner Mechanism. In: Eatwell, J., Milgate, M., Newman, P. (eds). Problems of the Planned Economy. Palgrave Macmillan.https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-20863-0_21on Joseph Schumpeters concept of Creative Destruction:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destructionShaikh, A. (2016). Capitalism. Competition, Conflict, Crises. Oxford Academic.https://academic.oup.com/book/1464Kornai, J. (1980). “Hard” and “Soft” Budget Constraint. Acta Oeconomica, 25(3/4), 231–245.https://www.jstor.org/stable/40728773on the Cobb-Douglas Production Function:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobb%E2%80%93Douglas_production_functionon Adam Smith:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_SmithLutosch, H. (2025). Embracing the Small Stuff. Caring for Children in a Liberated Society. In: Groos, J., & Sorg, C. (Eds.). (2025). Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press.https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionHahnel, R. (2021). Democratic Economic Planning. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/Democratic-Economic-Planning/Hahnel/p/book/9781032003320Cockshott, P. & Cottrell, A. (1993). Towards a New Socialism. Spokesman.https://users.wfu.edu/cottrell/socialism_book/new_socialism.pdfon Universal Basic Services (UBS):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_serviceshttps://autonomy.work/ubs-hub/Fraser, N. & Sorg, C. (2025). Socialism, Planning and the Relativity of Dirt. In: Groos, J., & Sorg, C. (Eds.). (2025). Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press.https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionon Milton Friedman:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedmanon John Maynard Keynes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_KeynesAaron on what to learn from radical Keynesianism for a transitionary Program:Benanav, A. & Henwood, D. (2025). Behind the News. Beyond the Capitalist Economy w/ Aaron Benanav.https://open.spotify.com/episode/2diIiFkkM4x7MoZhi9e0txon Socializing Finance:McCarthy, M. A. (2025). The Master's Tools. How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It). Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/755-the-master-s-toolsFuture Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS3E47 | Jason W. Moore on Socialism in the Web of Lifehttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e47-jason-w-moore-on-socialism-in-the-web-of-life/S03E29 | Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e29-nancy-fraser-on-alternatives-to-capitalism/S03E04 | Tim Platenkamp on Republican Socialism, General Planning and Parametric Controlhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e04-tim-platenkamp-on-republican-socialism-general-planning-and-parametric-control/S02E33 | Pat Devine on Negotiated Coordinationhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e33-pat-devine-on-negotiated-coordination/S03E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/S01E32 | Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2)https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e32-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-2/S02E31 | Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1)https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e31-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-1/---If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/---Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#AaronBenanav, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #Transition, #DemocraticPlanning, #Keynes, #Efficiency, #Economics, #NeoclassicalEconomics, #NeoclassicalSocialism, #OttoNeurath, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Capitalism, #Economics, #Socialism, #Socialisation, #Investment, #Degrowth, #UniversalBasicServices, #CareWork

Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell discuss Radical Abundance, transition and public-commons partnerships. ShownotesHeron, K., Milburn, K., Russell, B. (2025). Radical Abundance. How to Win a Green Democratic Future. Pluto Press.https://www.plutobooks.com/product/radical-abundance/Kai Heron at Lancaster University:https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/people/kai-heronKeir Milburn’s contributions at Novara Media:https://novaramedia.com/contributor/keir-milburn/Bertie Russell at the Autonomous University of Barcelona:https://portalrecerca.uab.cat/en/persons/bertie-thomas-russellAbundance (the collective):https://www.in-abundance.org/on Marta Harnecker:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta_Harneckeron Michael A. Lebowitz:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._LebowitzLebowitz, M. A. (2013). Contested Reproduction and the Contradictions of Socialism. Socialist Project.https://socialistproject.ca/2013/09/b877/on Yevgeni Preobrazhensky:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yevgeni_PreobrazhenskyPreobrazhensky, Y. (1965). The New Economics. Oxford University Press.https://files.libcom.org/files/%5bPreobrazhensky%2C_Evgeny_Alekseevich%5d_The_New_Econo(BookZZ.org).pdfNunes, R. (2021). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal. A Theory of Political Organization. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontalon Public-Commons Partnerships:https://www.in-abundance.org/what-is-a-public-commons-parntershiphttps://www.in-abundance.org/reports/public-common-partnerships-building-new-circuits-of-collective-ownershipfor case studies on Public-Commons Partnerships, see:https://www.in-abundance.org/case-studieson Public-Private Partnerships:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%E2%80%93private_partnershipon council farms in the UK:https://www.cpre.org.uk/explainer/county-farms-explainer/Common Wealth (the organization):https://www.common-wealth.org/Common Wealth’s recent project on privatization and Public-Private Partnerships in the UK:https://www.common-wealth.org/interactive/who-owns-britain/homeon Che Guevara:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevaraon Stuart Hall:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist)on Hugo Chávez:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vezGilbert, C. (2023). Commune or Nothing! Venezuela’s Communal Movement and its Socialist Project. Monthly Review Press.https://monthlyreview.org/9781685900243/on agroecology:https://agroecology-coalition.org/what-is-agroecology/SCOP-TI:https://www.scop-ti.info/the Berlin Housing Campaign:https://dwenteignen.de/enon the Wards Corner Market:https://www.in-abundance.org/case-studies/wards-cornerAmarnath, S. et al. (2023): Varieties of Derisking. Phenomenal World.https://www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/derisking/on the Great Replacement conspiracy theory in the US:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Replacement_conspiracy_theory_in_the_United_Stateson marronage communities and their role in slave rebellions:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroonson the coal strikes in Appalachia in the late 19th and early 20th century:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Warson the Black Panther Party:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Partyon SYRIZA and their development:https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/rethinking-populism/the-systemic-metamorphosis-of-greeces-once-radical-left-wing-syriza-party/on Erik Olin Wright’s “Transition Troughs” concept, see chapter 9 and 10 of:Wright, E. O. (2010). Envisioning Real Utopias. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2143-envisioning-real-utopiasthe “Abundance” report on the social property of water in the UK:https://www.in-abundance.org/latest/beyond-bailoutson the 2023 strike in France where workers cut energy to certain sectors:https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/03/30/robin-hood-electricians-and-oil-blockades-the-radical-tactics-of-frances-striking-energy-wvan Dyk, S. & Haubner, T. (2021). Community-Kapitalismus. Hamburger Edition.https://www.hamburger-edition.de/buecher-e-books/artikel-detail/community-kapitalismus/van Dyk, S. (2018). Post-Wage Politics and the Rise of Community Capitalism. Work, Employment and Society, 32(3), 528-545.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0950017018755663on municipalism:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MunicipalismBianchi, I. & Russell, B. (eds.) (2026). Radical Municipalism. The Politics of the Common and the Democratization of Public Services. Bristol University Press. (forthcoming)https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/radical-municipalismon the Occupy Movement:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_movementon Climateflation:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/tuesday-briefing-how-climateflation-is-pushing-food-prices-ever-higher-and-changing-how-we-eaton hernani burujabe (the tripartite economic planning system in the city of Hernani):https://hernaniburujabe.eus/es/que-es/Egia-Olaizola, A., Villalba-Eguiluz, U. and Gainza, X. (2025), Beyond the New Municipalism. Towards Post-Capitalist Territorial Sovereignty in the Case of Hernani Burujabe. Antipode, 57: 1448-1469.https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anti.70030on the Commons (concept):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonson Evergreening:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EvergreeningKlein, E. & Thompson, D. (2025). Abundance. Avid Reader Press.https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Abundance/Ezra-Klein/9781668023488on Marx’s concept of the realm of necessity and freedom:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/subject/hist-mat/capital/vol3-ch48.htmon David Graeber:https://davidgraeber.org/Suits, B. (2005). The Grasshopper. Games, Life and Utopia. Broadview Press.https://kevinjpatton.com/teaching/phil_3230/readings/Bernard%20Suits%20-%20The%20Grasshopper.pdfon the socialist ecomodernism and degrowth debate:https://www.resilience.org/stories/2023-01-23/ecomodernism-on-its-own-terms/Future Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS3E44 | Anna Kornbluh on Climate Counteraestheticshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e44-anna-kornbluh-on-climate-counteraesthetics/S03E30 | Matt Huber & Kohei Saito on Growth, Progress and Left Imaginarieshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e30-matt-huber-kohei-saito-on-growth-progress-and-left-imaginaries/S03E29 | Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e29-nancy-fraser-on-alternatives-to-capitalism/S03E19 | Wendy Brown on Socialist Governmentalityhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e19-wendy-brown-on-socialist-governmentality/S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/S02E51 | Silvia Federici on Progress, Reproduction and Commoninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e51-silvia-federici-on-progress-reproduction-and-commoning/S02E13 | Tine Haubner und Silke van Dyk zu Community-Kapitalismushttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e13-tine-haubner-und-silke-van-dyk-zu-community-kapitalismus/---If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/---Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#KaiHeron, #KeirMilburn, #BertieRussell, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #Transition, #SocioecologicalTransition #DemocraticPlanning, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Capitalism #BerlinHousingCampaign, #DWE, #Economics, #Socialism, #Socialisation, #Commons, #PublicCommonsPartnerships, #RadicalAbundance, #Abundance, #Municipalism, #Agroecology, #Derisking, #Investment, #Degrowth, #SocialistEcomodernism, #Ecomodernism

Jason W. Moore, an environmental historian at Binghamton University, dives into the complex interplay of socialism and ecology. He critiques the nature-society divide and how it distorts historical narratives. Moore emphasizes the interconnectedness of labor and nature, arguing for alternative frameworks in socialist thought. He discusses the need for radical democratization of governance and the critical importance of unifying the working class. The conversation challenges collapse narratives and calls for crisis-oriented solutions to ecological issues, highlighting the potential for renewed social movements.

Anna Kornbluh on the prevalence of aesthetic immediacy and why we need climate counteraesthetics.Events (from the introduction):at the Zollo Collective:https://www.instagram.com/zollo.hamburg/?hl=enat La Band Varga:https://labandavaga.org/?page_id=102Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland:https://resuso.ch/ ShownotesAnna Kornbluh’s personal website (including all her publications):http://www.annakornbluh.com/Anna at the University of Illinois Chicago:https://engl.uic.edu/profiles/kornbluh-anna/Kornbluh, A. (2024). Immediacy, or the Style of Too Late Capitalism. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/3031-immediacy-or-the-style-of-too-late-capitalismKornbluh, A. (2023). We Didn’t Start The Fire. Death Drive and Ecocide. Parapraxis Magazine Issue 3.https://www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/we-didnt-start-the-fireKornbluh, A. (2020). Climate Realism, Capitalist and Otherwise. Mediations. Journal of the Marxist Literary Group. Vol. 33. No. 1-2. P. 99-118.https://mediationsjournal.org/articles/climate-realismKornbluh, A. (2019). The Order of Forms. Realism, Formalism, and Social Space. University of Chicago Press.https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo44521006.htmlGroos, J., Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Presshttps://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionon Alexis Pauline Gumbs:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Pauline_Gumbshttps://www.alexispauline.com/her essay on the Maui wildfires:https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a44819303/climate-crisis-maui/ on climate fiction (cli-fi):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_fictionRebecca Saltzman:https://rebeccasaltzman.net/Haraway, D. J. (2016). Staying with the Trouble. Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press.https://www.dukeupress.edu/staying-with-the-troubleTsing, A. L. (2021). The Mushroom at the End of the World. On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Princeton University Press.https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691220550/the-mushroom-at-the-end-of-the-worldon the genre of the Heist film:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heist_filmon “Logan Lucky”:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_LuckyStrange, S. (2015). Casino Capitalism. Manchester University Press.https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781784991340/Edward Morgan Forster on Narrative:https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2013/03/04/e-m-forster-the-difference-between-story-and-plot/on climate/eco-anxiety:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-anxietySpufford, F. (2012). Red Plenty. Graywolf Press.https://www.graywolfpress.org/books/red-plentyexplanation “hypersititon”:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hyperstitionon Kim Stanley Robinson:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Stanley_RobinsonRobinson, K. S. (2020). The Ministry for the Future. Orbit.https://store.orbit-books.co.uk/products/the-ministry-for-the-futureRobinson, K. S. (2017). New York 2140. Orbit.https://store.orbit-books.co.uk/products/new-york-2140on the Inflation Reduction Act:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_Reduction_Acton the Green New Deal:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_New_Dealwebsite of Daniel Aldana Cohen (including all his publications):https://aldanacohen.com/Climate & Community Institute:https://climateandcommunity.org/“A Message from the Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez” video from 2019:https://youtu.be/d9uTH0iprVQ?si=8O-M_fS2iO_AQhiLAronoff, K., Battistoni, A., Cohen, D. A., & Riofrancos, T. (2019). A Planet to Win. Why We Need a Green New Deal. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2546-a-planet-to-winKlein, N., Taylor, A. (2025). The Rise of End Times Fascism. The Guardian.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-muskon the Zohran Mamdani campaign:https://www.zohranfornyc.com/on Social Realism:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_realismon Brandon Taylor:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Taylor_(writer)his website:https://brandonlgtaylor.com/on Colson Whitehead:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colson_Whiteheadhis website:https://www.colsonwhitehead.com/on “Succession”:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succession_(TV_series)on “Somebody Somewhere”:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somebody_Somewhere_(TV_series)on public luxury:https://communia.de/en/project/public-luxury/https://autonomy.work/portfolio/public-luxury-in-practice/Nunes, R. (2021). Neither Vertical nor Horizontal. A Theory of Political Organization. Verso Books.https://www.versobooks.com/products/772-neither-vertical-nor-horizontalOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò’s website:http://www.olufemiotaiwo.com/Táíwò, O. (2020). Who gets to feel secure? On Liberty, Security, and Our System of Racial Capitalism. Aeon.https://aeon.co/essays/on-liberty-security-and-our-system-of-racial-capitalismBoston Review issue on “What is the State for?”:https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/from-the-editors-what-is-the-state-for/on Freud’s concept of the Death drive:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_driveFuture Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS3E32 | Jacob Blumenfeld on Climate Barbarism and Managing Declinehttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e32-jacob-blumenfeld-on-climate-barbarism-and-managing-decline/S03E30 | Matt Huber & Kohei Saito on Growth, Progress and Left Imaginarieshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e30-matt-huber-kohei-saito-on-growth-progress-and-left-imaginaries/S03E23 | Andreas Malm on Overshooting into Climate Breakdownhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e23-andreas-malm-on-overshooting-into-climate-breakdown/S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/S03E02 | George Monbiot on Public Luxuryhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e02-george-monbiot-on-public-luxury/S02E27 | Nick Dyer-Witheford on Biocommunismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e27-nick-dyer-witheford-on-biocommunism/S02E18 | Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese on Half Earth Socialismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e18-drew-pendergrass-and-troy-vettese-on-half-earth-socialism/S01E16 | Richard Barbrook on Imaginary Futureshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e16-richard-barbrook-on-imaginary-futures/---If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/---Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#AnnaKornbluh, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #DemocraticPlanning, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #FutureImaginaries, #Art, #Literature, #Representation, #Immediacy, #ClimateChange, #ClimateBreakdown, #ClimateCollapse, #Capitalism, #Economics, #Collapse, #GreenNewDeal, #ClimateAnxiety