How to Change Course
The Principles of Ecological Planning
Will be published approx. on 16. February 2027
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-83674-149-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book looks back at the history of this notion in the 20th century, between war economies,
developmental catch-up, and socialist experiments, revisits the classic debates between the
proponents of the "price signal; and those of"calculation in kind" and shows how the current situation offers new possibilities for planning. The cautious deployment of digital tools,
innovative accounting techniques, and the deepening of institutions of collective deliberation can
give rise to a needs-based government of production. As long as they remain trapped in the
straitjacket of the "free market" consumer eco-gestures will prove powerless. Beyond growth,
ecological planning offers a realist, transformative path toward a balanced human ecological
footprint by deepening economic democracy.
developmental catch-up, and socialist experiments, revisits the classic debates between the
proponents of the "price signal; and those of"calculation in kind" and shows how the current situation offers new possibilities for planning. The cautious deployment of digital tools,
innovative accounting techniques, and the deepening of institutions of collective deliberation can
give rise to a needs-based government of production. As long as they remain trapped in the
straitjacket of the "free market" consumer eco-gestures will prove powerless. Beyond growth,
ecological planning offers a realist, transformative path toward a balanced human ecological
footprint by deepening economic democracy.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
367 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83674-149-7 (9781836741497)
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Persons
Cedric Durand is Professor of political economy at the University of Geneva and the author of several books, including Fictitious Capital: How Finance is Appropriating our Future and How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-Feudalism: The Making of the Digital Economy. He regularly contributes to the New Left Review.
Razmig Keucheyan is Professor of sociology at Paris Cite University and the author of several books, including The Left Hemisphere: Mapping Critical Theory Today, and Nature is a Battlefield: Towards a Political Ecology. He regularly contributes to Le Monde diplomatique.
Razmig Keucheyan is Professor of sociology at Paris Cite University and the author of several books, including The Left Hemisphere: Mapping Critical Theory Today, and Nature is a Battlefield: Towards a Political Ecology. He regularly contributes to Le Monde diplomatique.