New Podcast Episode: In part 1 of this two-part series on planning, Jacob Blumenfeld speaks with political economist and philosopher John O’Neill about the socialist calculation debate and its legacy.
Listen to it here or on your usual podcast app: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/podcast/podc...
Today, February 24th, is publication day for my latest book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, published by @versobooks.bsky.social
youtu.be/_Y7YLX-ASGY?...
Each time Ursula Le Guin started writing, she would begin by drawing a map. Our video of the week foregrounds Le Guin's cartography as tools for imagining the violent coordinates of gender, property, and planetary crisis.
Ft. @suchmayer.bsky.social, @unamccormack.bsky.social et al.
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We are partnering with The New Centre for Research & Practice to hold an introductory online workshop on democratic economic planning on Thursday 30th April and Thursday 7th May. You can find out more about the workshop and how to register here: www.indep.network/event/introd...
Ännu ett pedagogiskt avsnitt, om hur pengar skapas och hur pengaskapande skulle kunna demokratiseras 👌
Great exchange between @evgenymorozov.bsky.social, @abenanav.bsky.social, and @leifw.bsky.social in the ideas letter:
www.theideasletter.org/issue/eterna...
A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social) and Raphael Arar (@rarar.com) about the Monetary Commons.
Full episode here:
www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
The Dig you’ve been waiting for to understand the political economy of AI as it becomes fulcrum of global contests and conflicts over economic and military dominance. My interview w/ @nsrnicek.bsky.social on his book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...
Raphael Arar has uploaded photo- and video documentation of the artworks included in his exhibition ‘Planning’, which was taking place at Carnation Contemporary in Portland, Oregon late last year. www.indep.network/documentatio...
Come work with me! People Powered is hiring for two positions. Please share with anyone interested in building a more participatory democracy, while working with a fun and growing global community. 🙏🏼
Hayek's (Arguably More Legitimate) Children www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
They just triggered Europe’s next crisis - Yanis Varoufakis & Wolfgang Munchau | The Econoclasts www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-KG...
Out today: a major new essay by former Artforum editor David Velasco, fired over a pro-Palestine open letter, surveying 2 years of turmoil in the art world, which was "practically designed to celebrate and aestheticize every rebellion" -- except Gaza. www.equator.org/articles/how...
In the new TMK, I'm joined yet again by @abenanav.bsky.social to discuss his concrete models for an alternative world beyond capitalism—ones that are not overly rigid as blueprints, but also not insubstantial as visions. soundcloud.com/thismachinek...
![Excerpt reads: "Prioritize your neighborhood
Neighborhoods drive our happiness (or unhappiness) more than we think.
When Lina Martinez, director of POLIS, the Center for Wellbeing Studies at Universidad Icesi in Colombia, studied the happiness of households in the city of Cali, she couldn’t find much difference between poorer and richer areas. “Their happiness is pretty much the same,” she said. But that changed when she isolated neighborhood conditions, such as access to transit, health care and parks. “The conditions of the neighborhood affect happiness,” she said. “I can’t link that to the space where [people] live.”
That aligns with findings from a 2023 study of the Vancouver metro area: Researchers found no significant differences in well-being between people living in single detached homes, duplexes, townhouses, laneway houses and apartment buildings (basement units smaller than 300 square feet were the only negative exception). What did people say they missed most in their neighborhood? Affordability, proximity to family and friends, and a sense of community. Home design was eighth on the list."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreicapfknasylzk2lqzaxxeb5mchgnru75obggn45dusda6j5zogvuu@jpeg)
Excerpt reads: "Prioritize your neighborhood Neighborhoods drive our happiness (or unhappiness) more than we think. When Lina Martinez, director of POLIS, the Center for Wellbeing Studies at Universidad Icesi in Colombia, studied the happiness of households in the city of Cali, she couldn’t find much difference between poorer and richer areas. “Their happiness is pretty much the same,” she said. But that changed when she isolated neighborhood conditions, such as access to transit, health care and parks. “The conditions of the neighborhood affect happiness,” she said. “I can’t link that to the space where [people] live.” That aligns with findings from a 2023 study of the Vancouver metro area: Researchers found no significant differences in well-being between people living in single detached homes, duplexes, townhouses, laneway houses and apartment buildings (basement units smaller than 300 square feet were the only negative exception). What did people say they missed most in their neighborhood? Affordability, proximity to family and friends, and a sense of community. Home design was eighth on the list."
A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
"In this moment of clear, acute, and mounting violence against the people of Venezuela, silence is complicity."
🇻🇪 Statement from the Cabinet of the Progressive International on the US invasion of Venezuela.
🔗 Read more online: buff.ly/Xp5I1V6
A new episode of Future Histories!
This time I talk to Kim Stanley Robinson about Real Utopian Futures.
Full episode here: www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...
#FutureHistories #Podcast
Bernie Sanders bursting out laughing as Eric Adams seethes at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration
Obsessed with this juxtaposition
"The team behind No Other Land was in the middle of negotiations with Mubi for a streaming deal that would have helped support the residents of Masafer Yatta when the Sequoia news dropped. “We were surprised and heartbroken,” Abraham told me. The deal fell apart."
www.vulture.com/article/mubi...
Our broken child care system can learn a lot from New Mexico - the state that is leading the way in guaranteeing free child care for all.
There is no better rate of return than investing in our children.
The rest of the country should follow New Mexico’s lead.
“If Zohran Mamdani is serious about delivering on his promises, he needs more than policies — he needs institutions that empower working people. Popular assemblies offer a way to build a new, bottom-up political culture in New York City.”
jacobin.com/2025/12/mamd...
A new episode of Future Histories Live!
This time I talk to Rabea Berfelde ( @ktbberlin.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social) about socialisation, its history, and contemporary movements.
Recorded during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland.
Full Episode: buff.ly/EeUb9Wj
Who owns the future of artificial intelligence? Our video of the week argues that the true struggle is not just over technological prowess, but over the capture and organization of value across a multi-layered AI “stack.”
Feat. @nsrnicek.bsky.social
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This month marks five years of the Progressive International — five years of building an internationalism powerful enough to confront the Reactionary alternative.
Help sustain our work to make solidarity more than a slogan.
When a math problem is hard, break it up into smaller problems that aren't so hard. Same with political economy.
Collective Governance for AI: Points of Intervention metagov.org/cg-ai/
Here is the highest form of technofeudalism: technocolonialism! www.ft.com/content/cd17...
