New brochure: “Labor-Time, Not Money”

Even today, all businesses are required to plan. But how can they do this using labor time instead of money? Economist Guenther Sandleben explores this question in this new IDA brochure, demonstrating how an economy based on labor time would promote transparency, efficiency, and social justice. In a society freed from the law of value,… Continue reading New brochure: “Labor-Time, Not Money”

Towards an Old Socialism

Bei Arbeitszeitrechnung denke viele zuerst an die Theorie von Cockshott und Cottrell. Wir haben uns ihren Klassiker „Alternativen aus dem Rechner“ und ihr neuestes Buch „Economic Planning in an Age of Climate Crisis“ genauer angeschaut.

News on Working Time Calculation

The basic text of Working Time Calculation, “Basic Principles of Communist Production and Distribution” (1935), has now been published by Red & Black Books for free download. In printed form, the book is available, for example, at Syndikat-A. In English, there is currently a 19-part podcast series on the “Basic Principles.” And the makers of… Continue reading News on Working Time Calculation