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Envisioning post-capitalist utopias via simulation: Theory, critique and models

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  • Hanno Pahl

    (University of Bonn)

  • Manuel Scholz-Wäckerle

    (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

  • Jens Schröter

    (University of Bonn)

Abstract

We discuss the role of heterodox economics in opening new perspectives, the question of scalability of socio-economic order, the heritage of the “socialist calculation debate” and its ongoing relevance for discussions on “post-capitalism” today and finally the potentials of computational simulation and agent-based modelling for the exploration of alternative socio-economic approaches. The contributions to our special issue address these aspects and topics in different ways and therefore underline the fruitfulness of these discussions, especially in regard to the development of more just and sustainable socio-economic structures. Faced with the contemporary polycrisis, we can no longer afford “capitalist realism”.

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  • Hanno Pahl & Manuel Scholz-Wäckerle & Jens Schröter, 2023. "Envisioning post-capitalist utopias via simulation: Theory, critique and models," Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, Springer, vol. 4(3), pages 445-465, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:revepe:v:4:y:2023:i:3:d:10.1007_s43253-023-00112-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s43253-023-00112-y
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    Keywords

    Utopia; Post-capitalism; Commons; Labour theory of value; Money; Computational simulation; Climate change; Agent-based modelling; Critical political economy; Cultural evolution; Heterodox economics;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • B14 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist
    • B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • D46 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Value Theory
    • P32 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Collectives; Communes; Agricultural Institutions
    • P41 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Planning, Coordination, and Reform
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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