https://znetwork.org/author/robinhahnel/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:00:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/robinhahnel/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/a-participatory-economy-in-brief/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/a-participatory-economy-in-brief/#respond Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:00:42 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1289196 The International Network for Democratic Economic Planning (INDEP) held their first international conference, called Democratic Economic Planning for the Real World in Montreal in July 2025. This is a recording of a talk by Participatory Economy Project member and Professor of Economics, Robin Hahnel on a brief introduction to the Participatory Economy model. View the slides that accompany this [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/a-participatory-economy-in-brief/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/ejidos-in-a-participatory-economy/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/ejidos-in-a-participatory-economy/#respond Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:59:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1261599 In Mexico, an ejido refers to village lands communally held in the traditional indigenous system of land tenure that combines communal ownership with individual use. Ejidos were recognized legally 100 years ago following the Mexican Revolution to combat extreme land ownership by the elite. In this program, Robin Hahnel will discuss the lessons of the [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/ejidos-in-a-participatory-economy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/a-green-post-capitalist-economy/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/a-green-post-capitalist-economy/#respond Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:59:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1252884 In this public talk, economist and co-creator of the model, Robin Hahnel will introduce the key features of a Participatory Economy including an innovative decentralised democratic planning procedure, which empowers citizens to plan an economy themselves in an environmentally sustainable way. The event took place on the 24th June 2023 at St Anne’s Church in [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/a-green-post-capitalist-economy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/economic-system-change-or-climate-change-2/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/economic-system-change-or-climate-change-2/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:39:03 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1248649 ‘If neoliberal capitalism is on track to trigger catastrophic and irreversible climate change, what are the alternatives to it?’ A SECA seminar (27th June 2023) with Robin Hahnel, veteran activist and scholar, on how we should think about and respond to ecocidal and climate destroying neoliberal capitalism. The workshop focused on the following questions: (1) [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/economic-system-change-or-climate-change-2/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-economic-choice-beyond-capitalism-and-communism/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-economic-choice-beyond-capitalism-and-communism/#respond Wed, 01 Feb 2023 15:51:33 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1238465 Originally published on 19 Jan 2013. Robin Hahnel is interviewed by PopulistDialogues. He talks about his new book, Of the People, By the People, The Case for a Participatory Economy. Excerpt: ‘Political economist Robin Hahnel returns as the guest this week talking about his new book, Of the People, By the People, The Case for [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-economic-choice-beyond-capitalism-and-communism/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/book-launch-webinar-a-participatory-economy-robin-hahnel/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/book-launch-webinar-a-participatory-economy-robin-hahnel/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:38:53 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1234078 In this recorded webinar, economist and political activist, professor Robin Hahnel gives a presentation of his new book A Participatory Economy (2022), highlighting the latest features of his coherent vision for an alternative to capitalism, known as a Participatory Economy. The presentation is followed by questions and answers from a U.S and European audience. The [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/book-launch-webinar-a-participatory-economy-robin-hahnel/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/a-participatory-economy/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/a-participatory-economy/#respond Tue, 29 Nov 2022 15:11:07 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1233248 A Participatory Economy is written for people who desire an equitable, ecological economy, but want to know what an alternative to capitalism could look like. It presents a fascinating, new alternative to capitalism. 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