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Aaron Benanav | Beyond Capitalism II
Episode 51
Saturday, 8 November, 2025
Aaron Benanav discusses the second part of his ‘Beyond Capitalism’ essay series in the New Left Review. In this part he lays out the institutional design of his proposal of a multi-criterial economy.ShownotesAaron at Cornell University:https://cals.cornell.edu/people/aaron-benanavAaron’s personal website:https://www.aaronbenanav.com/Access to Aaron's paywalled publications:https://www.aaronbenanav.com/papersMailing List to join the Movement for Multi-Dimensional Economics:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUF7MZ2jQJXY_wHKn5xSIo-_L0tkMO-SG079sa5lGhRJTgqg/viewformBenanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism—1. New Left Review, Issue 153, 65–128.https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii153/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-1Benanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism—2. New Left Review, Issue 154, 97–143.https://newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/articles/aaron-benanav-beyond-capitalism-2Benanv, A. (2020). Automation and the Future of Work. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2682-automation-and-the-future-of-workon economic stagnation, see especially chapter 3, “In the Shadow of Stagnation”.on Marx’s concept of the Value-Form:https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/appendix.htmMoore, J.W. & Patel, R. (2020). A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things. A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/817-a-history-of-the-world-in-seven-cheap-thingson the abstract domination of capitalism:Postone, M. (1993). Time, Labor and Social Domination. A Reinterpretation of Marx’s Critical Theory. Cambridge University Press.https://files.libcom.org/files/Moishe%20Postone%20-%20Time,%20Labor,%20and%20Social%20Domination.pdfMau, S. (2023). Mute Compulsion. A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital. Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/2759-mute-compulsionLeipold, B. (2024). Citizen Marx. Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought. Princeton University Press.https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691205236/citizen-marxon GDP (Gross Domestic Product):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_producton the Five-Year Plans in the Soviet Union:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-year_plans_of_the_Soviet_UnionKatsenelinboigen, A. (1977). Coloured Markets in the Soviet Union. Soviet Studies. Vol. 29, No.1. 62-85.https://www.jstor.org/stable/150728Uvalić, M. (2018). The Rise and Fall of Market Socialism in Yugoslavia.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331223694_The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Market_Socialism_in_Yugoslaviaon Friedrich Hayek:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_HayekHayek, F. A. (1945). The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review, 35(4), 519–530.https://www.jstor.org/stable/1809376on the Pareto Optimum:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_efficiencyon Rational Choice Theory:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_modelon Behavioral Economics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_economicson Otto Neurath:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Neurathon Neurath’s technocratic tendencies:https://jacobin.com/2023/02/technocratic-socialism-otto-neurath-utopianism-capitalismon Joseph Raz:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Razon Utilitarianism:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianismon the Capability Approach by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_approachon the Human Development Index (HDI):https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/human-development-index#/indicies/HDIon the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs):https://sdgs.un.org/goalson Multi-Objective Optimization:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-objective_optimizationSaros, D. E. (2014). Information Technology and Socialist Construction. The End of Capital and the Transition to Socialism. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/Information-Technology-and-Socialist-Construction-The-End-of-Capital-and-the-Transition-to-Socialism/Saros/p/book/9780415742924on Neoclassical Economics:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_economicson Citizen Assemblies and Sortition:https://www.sortitionfoundation.org/on John Stuart Mill:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_MillMill, J. S. (2011). On Liberty. Cambridge University Press.https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/on-liberty/62EC27F1E66E2BCBA29DDCD5294B3DE0McCabe, H. (2021). John Stuart Mill, Socialist. McGill-Queen’s University Press.https://www.mqup.ca/john-stuart-mill--socialist-products-9780228005742.phpon Degrowth:https://degrowth.info/on Nick Land and Right Accelerationism:https://youtu.be/lrOVKHg_PJQ?si=Q4oFbaM1p4fhcWP0on Left Accelerationism:https://criticallegalthinking.com/2013/05/14/accelerate-manifesto-for-an-accelerationist-politics/Devine, P. (2002). Participatory Planning through Negotiated Coordination. Science & Society, Vol. 66, No. 1, 72-85.https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/siso.66.1.72.21001?journalCode=sisoon Oskar R. Lange:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_R._Langeon Lange’s neoclassical approach to Socialism:https://jacobin.com/2022/10/oskar-lange-neoclassical-marxism-limits-of-capitalism-economic-theoryKowalik, T. (1990). Lange-Lerner Mechanism. In: Eatwell, J., Milgate, M., Newman, P. (eds). Problems of the Planned Economy. Palgrave Macmillan.https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-20863-0_21on Joseph Schumpeters concept of Creative Destruction:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destructionShaikh, A. (2016). Capitalism. Competition, Conflict, Crises. Oxford Academic.https://academic.oup.com/book/1464Kornai, J. (1980). “Hard” and “Soft” Budget Constraint. Acta Oeconomica, 25(3/4), 231–245.https://www.jstor.org/stable/40728773on the Cobb-Douglas Production Function:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobb%E2%80%93Douglas_production_functionon Adam Smith:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_SmithLutosch, H. (2025). Embracing the Small Stuff. Caring for Children in a Liberated Society. In: Groos, J., & Sorg, C. (Eds.). (2025). Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press.https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionHahnel, R. (2021). Democratic Economic Planning. Routledge.https://www.routledge.com/Democratic-Economic-Planning/Hahnel/p/book/9781032003320Cockshott, P. & Cottrell, A. (1993). Towards a New Socialism. Spokesman.https://users.wfu.edu/cottrell/socialism_book/new_socialism.pdfon Universal Basic Services (UBS):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_serviceshttps://autonomy.work/ubs-hub/Fraser, N. & Sorg, C. (2025). Socialism, Planning and the Relativity of Dirt. In: Groos, J., & Sorg, C. (Eds.). (2025). Creative Construction. Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press.https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionon Milton Friedman:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedmanon John Maynard Keynes:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_KeynesAaron on what to learn from radical Keynesianism for a transitionary Program:Benanav, A. & Henwood, D. (2025). Behind the News. Beyond the Capitalist Economy w/ Aaron Benanav.https://open.spotify.com/episode/2diIiFkkM4x7MoZhi9e0txon Socializing Finance:McCarthy, M. A. (2025). The Master's Tools. How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It). Verso.https://www.versobooks.com/products/755-the-master-s-toolsFuture Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS3E47 | Jason W. Moore on Socialism in the Web of Lifehttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e47-jason-w-moore-on-socialism-in-the-web-of-life/S03E29 | Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalismhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e29-nancy-fraser-on-alternatives-to-capitalism/S03E04 | Tim Platenkamp on Republican Socialism, General Planning and Parametric Controlhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e04-tim-platenkamp-on-republican-socialism-general-planning-and-parametric-control/S02E33 | Pat Devine on Negotiated Coordinationhttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e33-pat-devine-on-negotiated-coordination/S03E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planninghttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/S01E32 | Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2)https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e32-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-2/S02E31 | Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1)https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e31-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-1/---If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/---Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: office@futurehistories.todayTwitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#AaronBenanav, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #Transition, #DemocraticPlanning, #Keynes, #Efficiency, #Economics, #NeoclassicalEconomics, #NeoclassicalSocialism, #OttoNeurath, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Capitalism, #Economics, #Socialism, #Socialisation, #Investment, #Degrowth, #UniversalBasicServices, #CareWork
