S02E10
Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planning
A world without scarcity is possible for everybody! Aaron Benanav shares his idea of how we could achieve this associational utopia, today.
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Shownotes
Aaron Benanav's Website:
Aaron on Twitter:
Benanav, Aaron. 2020. Automation and the Future of Work. London: Verso 2020:
https://www.versobooks.com/books/3717-automation-and-the-future-of-work
Benanav, Aaron. 2021. Automatisierung und die Zukunft der Arbeit. Berlin: Suhrkamp:
Benanav, Aaron. 2020. How to Make a Pencil. Logic Magazine, 12 (Open Access):
https://logicmag.io/commons/how-to-make-a-pencil/
Benanav, Aaron. 2021. Service Work in the Pandemic Economy. International Labor and Working Class History, 99, 66–74 (Open Access):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346189424_Service_Work_in_the_Pandemic_Economy
Benanav, Aaron. 2020. A World Without Work? Dissent (New York), 67(4), 45–52 (Open Access):
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/a-world-without-work
Titles, names and concepts mentioned in this episode:
Neurath, Otto. 2005 [1925]. Economic Plan and Calculation in Kind. In: Otto Neurath Economic Writings Selections 1904–1945 (pp. 405-465), Vienna Circle Collection, Dordrecht: Springer:
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/1-4020-2274-3_14
UBI (Wiki):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_income
New Keynesianism (Wiki):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Keynesian_economics
Pat Devine (Wiki):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Devine
Fikret Adaman at the Istanbul Policy Center:
https://ipc.sabanciuniv.edu/en/fikret-adaman-2da26a
Adaman, F. and Devine, P. 1996. "The Economic Calculation Debate: Lessons for Socialists", In: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 20, 523-537 (Open Access):
Mariana Mazzucato:
Mechanism design (Wiki):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanism_design
Hayek, F. A. 2011 [1945]. “The Use of Knowledge in Society”. Mises Daily Articles (Open Access):
https://mises.org/library/use-knowledge-society
Hayek, F. A. 2005. "Economics and Knowledge". Mises Daily Articles (Open Access):
https://mises.org/library/economics-and-knowledge
Hayek, F. A. 2011 [1936]. Collectivist Economic Planning. London: Routledge (Open Access):
https://cdn.mises.org/Collectivist%20Economic%20Planning_2.pdf
Peter Kropotkin (Wiki):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin
Friedrich Engels (WIki):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels
Karl Marx (Wiki):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx
Podcasts episodes with Aaron other than Future Histories:
NovaraFM Podcast, "After the Robots: Aaron Benanav on Work, Automation, and Utopia":
https://novaramedia.com/2020/12/18/after-the-robots-aaron-benanav-on-work-automation-and-utopia/
Tech Won’t Save Us Podcast, "Jobs Suck, But Not Because of Automation ft. Aaron Benanav":
Aufhebungabunga Podcast, "It’s Not Robots, It’s Capitalism ft. Aaron Benanav / Liz Pancotti":
Further Future Histories Episodes on related topics:
S01E31/32 | Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (pt. 1 & 2):
S01E58 | Jasper Bernes on Planning and Anarchy:
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e58-jasper-bernes-on-planning-and-anarchy/
S01E44/45 | Benjamin Bratton on Synthetic Catallaxies, Platforms of Platforms & Red Futurism (pt. 1 & 2):
S01E16 | Richard Barbrook on Imaginary Futures:
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e16-richard-barbrook-on-imaginary-futures/
(German) S01E18 | Simon Schaupp zu Kybernetik und radikaler Demokratie:
(German) S01E19 | Jan Philipp Dapprich zu sozialistischer Planwirtschaft:
(German) S01E38 | Ulrike Herrmann zu kapitalistischer Planwirtschaft:
(German) S01E39 | Jens Schröter zur Gesellschaft nach dem Geld:
(German) S01E51 | Timo Daum zur unsichtbaren Hand des Plans:
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e51-timo-daum-zur-unsichtbaren-hand-des-plans/
(German) S01E14 | Harald Welzer zu Kapitalismus, Planwirtschaft & liberaler Demokratie:
(German) S01E47 | Stefan Meretz zu Commonismus:
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e47-stefan-meretz-zu-commonismus/
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