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    What is happening to our economy and our politics? Are we stuck forever in this corporate dystopia? What can we learn from the failures of radical politics over the last 100 years? Commandante Alpha talks in depth to experts from the fields of Political Economy, Politics, Science, Philosophy, Complexity, Mathematics, Music, and the Environment.
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    Episode 314: #202 Rivalry & Central Planning w/ Donal

    Episode 314: #202 Rivalry & Central Planning w/ Donal

    This week Donal  and myself discuss a really excellent book we recently read on the socialist calculation debate. The book is called Rivalry and Central Planning, and is written by the Austrian economist Don Lavoie.


    The Book Project:

    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    Patreon:
    https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

    From Alpha To Omega
    en-ieNovember 13, 2023

    Episode 313: #201 From the Commodity to Communism w/ Peter Åström

    Episode 313: #201 From the Commodity to Communism w/ Peter Åström

    We welcome Peter Åström to the podcast, to discuss an article he recently wrote for the Riff-Raff journal. Riff-raff describes itself as a ‘journal for a theoretical discussion of communism as a real movement’.

    The article: 

    http://www.riff-raff.se/texts/en/the-commodity-and-communism


    The book project:

    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    Episode 310: #199 LL Men w/ Donal - Part 1

    Episode 310: #199 LL Men w/ Donal - Part 1

    Today Donal and myself discuss an amazing text by the little known Hong Kong based Left Communist L.L. Men.

    You can download the text from libcom.org here:
    https://libcom.org/article/ll-men-two-texts-defining-communist-programme

    The self-publishing friendly version of the pdf:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jQYDzqw_dLIDYc1zt8B9tRdE-DvCXLsQ/view?usp=sharing

    Book Project:
    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    Episode 306: #197 Modelling Organisational Variety w/ Donal

    Episode 306: #197 Modelling Organisational Variety w/ Donal

    We welcome back Donal to the show, to talk about a paper he wrote for the new radical journal - The Black Lamp. The paper is called: 

    ‘Viability Guided Decision Making: Modelling organisations using Viability Guided Decision Making’

    It’s a very interesting paper which proposes a novel approach to fairly recent developments in cybernetic theory, and applying them to complex social systems. Donal, on top of the book project we are working on, has just completed a masters in System Engineering & Engineering Cybernetics in the Kazan National Research University over in Russia.

    The paper:
    https://www.black-lamp.com/posts/modelling-organisations-using-viability-guided-decision-making

    The Socialist Planning Book Project:
    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    Episode 301: #195 Otto Neurath and Socialist Planning w/ Prof Thomas Uebel - Part 2

    Episode 301: #195 Otto Neurath and Socialist Planning w/ Prof Thomas Uebel - Part 2

    We continue our conversation with Professer Thomas Uebel to the show to talk all about Otto Neurath and his impact on economic theory, the socialist calculation debate, and socialist planning.


    Planning Book Website:

    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

    Patreon:
    https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

    Episode 300: #194 Otto Neurath and Socialist Planning w/ Prof Thomas Uebel - Part1

    Episode 300: #194 Otto Neurath and Socialist Planning w/ Prof Thomas Uebel - Part1

    This week I’m really delighted to welcome Professer Thomas Uebel to the show to talk all about Otto Neurath and his impact on economic theory, the socialist calculation debate, and socialist planning.

    Professor Uebel was the editor of 'Otto Neurath - Economic Writings Selections 1904-1945'.

    Planning Book Project Website:
    https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/