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Dr. Christoph Sorg is a social scientist at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He researches theories of capitalism and post-capitalism and the new debate on economic planning in times of digitalization and the climate crisis.
During the interview we spoke about his work around understanding economic planning and his recent publication Finance as a form of economic planning. His work shows how even in the free market capitalism we live in today, there is actually a significant amount of planning, it's just that the planning is for facilitating capitalist economies, the neoliberal paradox.
As the co-founder of projects like Bread Cooperative where we are trying to build out apps that facilitate post-capitalist economic relations, I think it's important for us to properly understand the current state of capitalism so that we know the kind of meaningful interventions we could make.
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Chapters
1. Introduction to Economic Systems and Planning (00:00:00)
2. The Role of Fossil Fuels and Climate Crisis (00:00:37)
3. Sponsorship Message (00:00:50)
4. Guest Introduction: Christophe Sorg (00:01:29)
5. Discussion on Economic Planning and Cryptocurrency (00:02:03)
6. Historical Perspectives on Economic Systems (00:05:45)
7. The Socialist Calculation Debate (00:10:27)
8. Challenges and Critiques of Central Planning (00:21:00)
9. Exploring Market Socialism in Yugoslavia (00:22:37)
10. Finance as Economic Planning (00:26:18)
11. The Role of Central Banks in Market Planning (00:33:11)
12. Neoliberalism: Free Market vs. Planned Economy (00:34:54)
13. The Influence of Neoliberalism on State Power (00:37:09)
14. China's Unique Economic Model (00:38:01)
15. Exploring Democratic Economic Planning (00:43:35)
16. The Importance of Finance in Socialist Politics (00:51:43)
17. Micro Attempts at Democratizing Finance (00:59:07)
18. Conclusion and Further Reading (01:04:43)
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