Future Histories· Staffel 3· Folge 51
S03E51 - Aaron Benanav | Beyond Capitalism II
Sonntag, 9. November 2025 · 2 h 07
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Shownotes
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.
Shownotes
Aaron at Cornell University:
cals.cornell.edu/people/aaron-benanav
Aaron’s personal website:
Access to Aaron's paywalled publications:
Mailing List to join the Movement for Multi-Dimensional Economics:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeUF7MZ2jQJXY…
Benanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism—1. New Left Review, Issue 153, 65–128.
newleftreview.org/issues/ii153/articles/aaron-…
Benanav, A. (2025). Beyond Capitalism—2. New Left Review, Issue 154, 97–143.
newleftreview.org/issues/ii154/articles/aaron-…
Benanv, A. (2020). Automation and the Future of Work. Verso.
versobooks.com/products/2682-automation-and-th…
on economic stagnation, see especially chapter 3, “In the Shadow of Stagnation”.
on Marx’s concept of the Value-Form:
marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/append…
Moore, 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.
versobooks.com/products/817-a-history-of-the-w…
on the abstract domination of capitalism:
Postone, M. (1993). Time, Labor and Social Domination. A Reinterpretation of Marx’s Critical Theory. Cambridge University Press.
files.libcom.org/files/Moishe%20Postone%20-%20…
Mau, S. (2023). Mute Compulsion. A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital. Verso.
versobooks.com/products/2759-mute-compulsion
Leipold, B. (2024). Citizen Marx. Republicanism and the Formation of Karl Marx’s Social and Political Thought. Princeton University Press.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691205…
on GDP (Gross Domestic Product):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product
on the Five-Year Plans in the Soviet Union:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-year_plans_of_the_S…
Katsenelinboigen, A. (1977). Coloured Markets in the Soviet Union. Soviet Studies. Vol. 29, No.1. 62-85.
Uvalić, M. (2018). The Rise and Fall of Market Socialism in Yugoslavia.
researchgate.net/publication/331223694_The_Ris…
on Friedrich Hayek:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek
Hayek, F. A. (1945). The Use of Knowledge in Society. The American Economic Review, 35(4), 519–530.
on the Pareto Optimum:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_efficiency
on Rational Choice Theory:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_model
on Behavioral Economics:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_economics
on Otto Neurath:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Neurath
on Neurath’s technocratic tendencies:
jacobin.com/2023/02/technocratic-socialism-ott…
on Joseph Raz:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Raz
on Utilitarianism:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilitarianism
on the Capability Approach by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_approach
on the Human Development Index (HDI):
hdr.undp.org/data-center/human-development-ind…
on the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs):
on Multi-Objective Optimization:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-objective_optimiza…
Saros, D. E. (2014). Information Technology and Socialist Construction. The End of Capital and the Transition to Socialism. Routledge.
routledge.com/Information-Technology-and-Socia…
on Neoclassical Economics:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_economics
on Citizen Assemblies and Sortition:
on John Stuart Mill:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill
Mill, J. S. (2011). On Liberty. Cambridge University Press.
cambridge.org/core/books/on-liberty/62EC27F1E6…
McCabe, H. (2021). John Stuart Mill, Socialist. McGill-Queen’s University Press.
mqup.ca/john-stuart-mill--socialist-products-9…
on Degrowth:
on Nick Land and Right Accelerationism:
youtu.be/lrOVKHg_PJQ?si=Q4oFbaM1p4fhcWP0
on Left Accelerationism:
criticallegalthinking.com/2013/05/14/accelerat…
Devine, P. (2002). Participatory Planning through Negotiated Coordination. Science & Society, Vol. 66, No. 1, 72-85.
guilfordjournals.com/doi/abs/10.1521/siso.66.1…
on Oskar R. Lange:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_R._Lange
on Lange’s neoclassical approach to Socialism:
jacobin.com/2022/10/oskar-lange-neoclassical-m…
Kowalik, T. (1990). Lange-Lerner Mechanism. In: Eatwell, J., Milgate, M., Newman, P. (eds). Problems of the Planned Economy. Palgrave Macmillan.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-20…
on Joseph Schumpeters concept of Creative Destruction:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_destruction
Shaikh, A. (2016). Capitalism. Competition, Conflict, Crises. Oxford Academic.
Kornai, J. (1980). “Hard” and “Soft” Budget Constraint. Acta Oeconomica, 25(3/4), 231–245.
on the Cobb-Douglas Production Function:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobb%E2%80%93Douglas_pro…
on Adam Smith:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith
Lutosch, 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.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construc…
Hahnel, R. (2021). Democratic Economic Planning. Routledge.
routledge.com/Democratic-Economic-Planning/Hah…
Cockshott, P. & Cottrell, A. (1993). Towards a New Socialism. Spokesman.
users.wfu.edu/cottrell/socialism_book/new_soci…
on Universal Basic Services (UBS):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_basic_services
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.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construc…
on Milton Friedman:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman
on John Maynard Keynes:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes
Aaron 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.
open.spotify.com/episode/2diIiFkkM4x7MoZhi9e0tx
on Socializing Finance:
McCarthy, M. A. (2025). The Master's Tools. How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It). Verso.
versobooks.com/products/755-the-master-s-tools
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