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Vivek Chibber on Market Socialism. Information from the introduction Christoph Sorg on Planning: Sorg, C. (2025). Finance as a form of economic planning. Competition & Change, 29(1), 17-37. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10245294231217578   Sorg, C. (2022). Failing to plan is planning to fail: Toward an expanded notion of democratically planned postcapitalism. Critical Sociology, 49(...

Holly Jean Buck on fossil fuels, development, and the role of emerging technologies in managing decline. Shownotes Holly Jean Buck Holly Jean Buck at the Department of Environment and Sustainability, University of Buffalo: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/environment-sustainability/faculty/faculty-directory/holly-buck.html Buck, H. J. (2019). After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair, and Res...

Dipesh Chakrabarty on the Second Decline of the West. Shownotes Dipesh Chakrabarty Dipesh Chakrabarty at the University of Chicago: https://history.uchicago.edu/directory/dipesh-chakrabarty   Chakrabarty, D. (2008). Provincializing Europe: postcolonial thought and historical difference-New edition. Princeton university press. https://www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/doi/10.1515/9781400828654/htm...

Jonathan White on the Future as a Political Idea  Launch of the Future Histories LAB - a Space for Radical Imagination and Postcapitalist Construction.  Find us on: www.futurehistories-lab.com  Follow us on: Instagram , Bluesky Shownotes Jonathan White Prof. Dr. Jonathan White at LSE London: https://www.lse.ac.uk/people/jonathan-white White, J. (2024). In the long run: The future as a political id...

Orit Halpern on Knowledge, Data and Democracy Shownotes Orit Halpern Prof. Dr. Orit Halpern at TU Dresden: https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/slk/germanistik/digitalcultures/die-professur/inhaber-in Orit Halpern’s website: https://orithalpern.net/ Halpern, O. (2015). Beautiful data: A history of vision and reason since 1945. Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/beautiful-data Halpern, O., &amp...

Kohei Saito, Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos discuss democratic planning in the 21st century.  Future Histories LIVE. This episode is part of the ‘Future Histories LIVE’ format. For this, individual episodes are recorded live – that is, in front of an audience – at irregular intervals. This episode is the live recording of a book launch and discussion event that took place on June 11, 2026 at the NAC...

Kohei Saito, Christoph Sorg and Jan Groos discuss democratic planning in the 21st century.  Future Histories LIVE. This episode is part of the ‘Future Histories LIVE’ format. For this, individual episodes are recorded live – that is, in front of an audience – at irregular intervals. This episode is the live recording of a book launch and discussion event that took place on June 11, 2026 at the NAC...

Ho-fung Hung on the Political Economy of China. Shownotes Ho-fung Hung Prof. Ho-fung Hung at the Johns Hopkins University: https://soc.jhu.edu/directory/ho-fung-hung/ The Conference ‘China and Us: Perspectives on Peace, Human Rights and Socio-Ecological Transformation’: https://www.attac.de/china-konferenz/startseite Ho-fung, H. (2015). The China Boom. Why China Will Not Rule the World. Columbia U...

Ho-fung Hung on the Political Economy of China. Shownotes Ho-fung Hung Prof. Ho-fung Hung at the Johns Hopkins University: https://soc.jhu.edu/directory/ho-fung-hung/ The Conference ‘China and Us: Perspectives on Peace, Human Rights and Socio-Ecological Transformation’: https://www.attac.de/china-konferenz/startseite Ho-fung, H. (2015). The China Boom. Why China Will Not Rule the World. Columbia U...

Rodrigo Nunes on ecologies of organization and democratic transformation.   Shownotes Rodrigo Nunes Dr. Rodrigo Guimaraes Nunes at the University of Essex: https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/NUNES97805/Rodrigo-Guimaraes%20Nunes Rodrigo Nunes at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio): http://www.fil.puc-rio.br/o-departamento/corpo-docente/rodrigo-guimaraes-nunes/ Nunes, R. (2025...

Rodrigo Nunes on ecologies of organization and democratic transformation.   Shownotes Rodrigo Nunes Dr. Rodrigo Guimaraes Nunes at the University of Essex: https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/NUNES97805/Rodrigo-Guimaraes%20Nunes Rodrigo Nunes at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio): http://www.fil.puc-rio.br/o-departamento/corpo-docente/rodrigo-guimaraes-nunes/ Nunes, R. (2025...

Yousaf Nishat-Botero on the Ecologies of Planning and Metabolic Municipalism. Shownotes Yousaf Nishat-Botero Dr. 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...

Yousaf Nishat-Botero on the Ecologies of Planning and Metabolic Municipalism. Shownotes Yousaf Nishat-Botero Dr. 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...

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.xml Shownotes Cédric at the University of Geneva (includes a list of his publications): https://www.unige....

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.xml Shownotes Cédric at the University of Geneva (includes a list of his publications): https://www.unige....

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   Shownotes Yanis’ website: https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/ Raphael’s website: https://rarar.com/ Iza Romanowska at Aarhus University:...

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   Shownotes Yanis’ website: https://www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/ Raphael’s website: https://rarar.com/ Iza Romanowska at Aarhus University:...

Kim Stanley Robinson discusses Real Utopian Futures. 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   Shownotes The reference page on Kim Stanley Robinson, his works, interviews, talks, etc. (including a discussion forum): https://www.kimstanley...

Kim Stanley Robinson discusses Real Utopian Futures. 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   Shownotes The reference page on Kim Stanley Robinson, his works, interviews, talks, etc. (including a discussion forum): https://www.kimstanley...

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 “Economi...

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 “Economi...

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. Shownotes Aaron at Cornell University: https://cals.cornell.edu/people/aaron-benanav Aaron’s personal website: https://www.aaronbenanav.com/ Access to Aaron's paywalled publications: https://www.aaron...

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. Shownotes Aaron at Cornell University: https://cals.cornell.edu/people/aaron-benanav Aaron’s personal website: https://www.aaronbenanav.com/ Access to Aaron's paywalled publications: https://www.aaron...

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/     Shownotes Aaron at Co...

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/     Shownotes Aaron at Co...