Callum MacRae
@czmacrae.bsky.social
Political philosopher, 2024-2025 POLONEZ BIS Fellow at Jagiellonian University's Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics researching equality, freedom and domination.
https://callumzmacrae.owlstown.net
https://callumzmacrae.owlstown.net
Very pleased to have this piece out with the fab @notesfrompoland.bsky.social, on the remarkable rise of participatory budgeting in contemporary Poland.
Poland has become a global leader in participatory budgeting, through which local residents decide how some public money is spent.
Over half of all such schemes in Europe are found in Poland, and they are quietly transforming its cities, towns and villages, writes Callum MacRae.
Over half of all such schemes in Europe are found in Poland, and they are quietly transforming its cities, towns and villages, writes Callum MacRae.
Citizens’ budgets are quietly transforming Poland's cities, towns and villages - and leading the way in Europe
notesfrompoland.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Very pleased to have this piece out with the fab @notesfrompoland.bsky.social, on the remarkable rise of participatory budgeting in contemporary Poland.
Happy to announce that my new paper 'Is nondomination a social ideal?' is now available open-access, here — onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... As ever, many thanks to those who helped me with it along the way!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Happy to announce that my new paper 'Is nondomination a social ideal?' is now available open-access, here — onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/.... As ever, many thanks to those who helped me with it along the way!
Happy to share a new paper 'Luck Egalitarianism, Exploitation, and the Normative Foundations of Socialism' out in Moral Philosophy and Politics. Available here, Open Access: www.degruyter.com/document/doi.... Many thanks to the various people who helped with it along the way!
Luck Egalitarianism, Exploitation, and the Normative Foundations of Socialism
According to a prominent account, the central normative commitments of socialism are a luck egalitarian principle of equality and a principle of community or solidarity. The model has a number of attr...
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February 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Happy to share a new paper 'Luck Egalitarianism, Exploitation, and the Normative Foundations of Socialism' out in Moral Philosophy and Politics. Available here, Open Access: www.degruyter.com/document/doi.... Many thanks to the various people who helped with it along the way!
Reposted by Callum MacRae
Most contemporary discussions of markets vs planning are too stark and simplistic. To think seriously for the future, we need a richer and more nuanced approach. Angus Hebenton & I make a start here: engaging with the unduly neglected work of Meade, Holland, and Wootton.
ejpe.org/journal
ejpe.org/journal
December 9, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Most contemporary discussions of markets vs planning are too stark and simplistic. To think seriously for the future, we need a richer and more nuanced approach. Angus Hebenton & I make a start here: engaging with the unduly neglected work of Meade, Holland, and Wootton.
ejpe.org/journal
ejpe.org/journal