S03E24 - Grace Blakeley on Capitalist Planning and its Alternatives

Grace Blakeley on the hidden planning at the heart of capitalism, monopoly power and democratic planning as an alternative.

Democratic Planning Research Platform:

www.planningresearch.net

Shownotes

Blakeley, G. (2024). Vulture capitalism: Corporate crimes, backdoor bailouts, and the death of freedom. Simon and Schuster.

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Vulture-Capitalism/Grace-Blakeley/9781982180850

Blakeley, G. (2020). Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialization. Repeater Books.

https://repeaterbooks.com/product/stolen-how-to-save-the-world-from-financialisation

Blakeley, G. (2021). The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism. Verso Books.

https://www.versobooks.com/products/2723-the-corona-crash

Blakeley, G. (2021). STOLEN - So retten wir die Welt vor dem Finanzkapitalismus. Brumaire Verlag.

https://brumaireverlag.de/Grace-Blakeley-Stolen

Devine, P. (1988). Democracy and Economic Planning: The Political Economy of a Self-Governing Society. Polity Press.

https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9780745603943

Masters, B., & Thiel, P. (2014). Zero to one: Notes on start ups, or how to build the future. Random House.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/234730/zero-to-one-by-peter-thiel-with-blake-masters/

Phillips, L., & Rozworski, M. (2019). The People's Republic of Walmart. Verso Books.

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmart

Von Hayek, F. (2007). The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents – The Definitive Edition. Routledge.

https://www.routledge.com/The-Road-to-Serfdom-Text-and-Documents-The-Definitive-Edition/Caldwell-Hayek/p/book/9780415755320

Harvey, D. Reading Marx's Capital (Free online course).

http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/

Foster, J. B. (2018) 'What Is Monopoly Capital?', in: Monthly Review (online):

https://monthlyreview.org/2018/01/01/what-is-monopoly-capital/

Rikap, C. (2021). Capitalism, power and innovation: Intellectual monopoly capitalism uncovered. Routledge.

https://www.routledge.com/Capitalism-Power-and-Innovation-Intellectual-Monopoly-Capitalism-Uncovered/Rikap/p/book/9780367750299

Alami, I., & Dixon, A. D. (2024). The spectre of state capitalism. Oxford University Press.

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-spectre-of-state-capitalism-9780198925194?cc=us&lang=en&

Schumpeter, J. A. (2013). Capitalism, socialism and democracy. Routledge.

https://periferiaactiva.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/joseph-schumpeter-capitalism-socialism-and-democracy-2006.pdf

Marx, K. (1973). Grundrisse. Penguin Books.

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/grundrisse.pdf

 

Further Future Histories Episodes on Related Topics

S02E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planning

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/

S02E11 | James Muldoon on Platform Socialism

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e11-james-muldoon-on-platform-socialism/

S02E47 | Matt Huber on Building Socialism, Climate Change & Class War

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e47-matt-huber-on-building-socialism-climate-change-class-war/

S01E58 | Jasper Bernes on Planning and Anarchy

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e58-jasper-bernes-on-planning-and-anarchy/

S02E09 | Isabella M. Weber zu Chinas drittem Weg:

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e09-isabella-m-weber-zu-chinas-drittem-weg/

S02E33 | Pat Devine on Negotiated Coordination:

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e33-pat-devine-on-negotiated-coordination/

S02E19 | David Laibman on Multilevel Democratic Iterative Coordination:

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e19-david-laibman-on-multilevel-democratic-iterative-coordination/

 

S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planning:

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/

 

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