Future Histories· Staffel 3· Folge 59
S03E59 - Cédric Durand on Ecological Planning
Sonntag, 1. März 2026 · 1 h 16
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Cédric Durand discusses ecological planning, institutional utopias, and the idea of bifurcation.
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Shownotes
Cédric at the University of Geneva (includes a list of his publications):
unige.ch/sciences-societe/dehes/membres/cedric…
Cédric’s personal website:
Durand, C. & Keucheyan, R. (2026 forthcoming). Das Prinzip Verzweigung. Über ökologische Planung in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Dietz.
dietzberlin.de/verlagsprogramm-fruehjahr-2026
Durand, C. & Keucheyan, R. (2024). Comment bifurquer. Les principes de la planification écologique. La Découverte.
editionsladecouverte.fr/comment_bifurquer-9782…
Durand, C., Hofferberth, E., Schmelzer, M. (2024). Planning Beyond Growth. The Case for Economic Democracy within Ecological Limits. Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 437.
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652…
Durand, C. & Keucheyan, R. (2022). Planning without Political Constraint imposed on Economic Actors is not real Planning. Verso Blog.
versobooks.com/blogs/news/5469-planning-withou…
on Karl William Kapp:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_William_Kapp
on Friedrich Hayek:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek
O’Neill, J. (2002). Socialist Calculation and Environmental Valuation. Money, Markets and Ecology. Science & Society, 66(1).
on La Planification Ècologique in France:
info.gouv.fr/grand-dossier/france-nation-verte
the Secrétariat général à la planification écologique (SGPE):
lannuaire.service-public.gouv.fr/gouvernement/…
Viennot, M. (2025). La planification écologique. La Découverte.
marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/append…
Pisani-Ferry, J. & Mahfouz, S. (2023). The Economic Implications of Climate Action. A Repot to the French Prime Minister. France Stratégie.
strategie-plan.gouv.fr/en/publications/economi…
Wright, E. O. (2010). Envisioning Real Utopias. Verso.
versobooks.com/products/2143-envisioning-real-…
on the Inflation Reduction Act:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_Reduction_Act (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_Reduction_Ac)
on the Developmental State concept:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_state
Zhou, Z., Ou, J., Li, S. (2016). Ecological Accounting. A Research Review and Conceptual Framework. Journal of Environmental Protection. 7. 643-655.
researchgate.net/publication/301270365_Ecologi… (researchgate.net/publication/301270365_Ecologi…)
on Citizen’s Assemblies:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_assembly
on Michel Husson:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Husson
on the Commanding Heights of the Economy concept:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commanding_heights_of_th…
on the British Wartime Economy during the Second World War:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_home_front_durin…
on Economic Planning in France after the Second World War:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_planning_in_Fra…
Ali, S. (1969). Economic Planning in France 1945–1965. A Brief Review. The Punjab University Economist, 7(1), 51–69.
on Malthusianism:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malthusianism
on Degrowth:
on Jason Hickel:
on Giorgos Kallis:
icrea.cat/community/icreas/17610/giorgos-kallis
Jackson, T., Hickel, J., Kallis, G. (2024). Confronting the Dilemma of Growth. A Response to Warlenius (2023). Ecological Economics, Vol. 220.
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S092…
Zeug, W., Heyer, J., Lutosch, H. (2025). Cybernetic Democratic Economic Planning & Holistic Accounting. An Economic Framework to Achieve Sustainable Societal Metabolisms.
researchgate.net/publication/393790658_Cyberne…
on the Holistic and Integrated Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (HILCSA):
on Ecosystem Services:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem_service
O’Neill, D.W., Fanning, A.L., Lamb, W.F. et al. (2018). A Good Life for All Within Planetary Boundaries. Nature Sustainability 1, 88–95.
nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0021-4
Fehér, F., Heller, A., Márkus, G. (1983). Dictatorship Over Needs. Blackwell.
archive.org/details/dictatorshipover0000fehe/p…
Keucheyan, R. (2024). Ágnes Heller’s Theory of Need Is a Vital Political Tool. Jacobin.
jacobin.com/2024/12/agnes-heller-philosophy-ma…
on Planetary Boundaries:
stockholmresilience.org/research/planetary-bou…
on Wassily Leontief:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Leontief
on the Input-Output Model in Economics:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input%E2%80%93output_model
on the Berlin Housing Campaign for Socializing Housing owned by Big Real Estate Companies:
on Socialization in the Energy Sector:
communia.de/en/energy-power-transformation
on the New International Economic Order (NIEO):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_International_Econom…
on the Banque de France:
on the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE):
insee.fr/en/information/2107702
on the Direction Générale des Entreprises:
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If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:
Democratic planning – an information website:
Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1
Groos, 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]
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construc…
International Network for Democratic Economic Planning
Democratic Planning Research Platform: …
