Parecon: Life After CapitalismVerso, 2003 - 311 páginas 'What do you want?' is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists decrying current poverty, alienation, and degradation. In this highly praised new work, destined to attract worldwide attention and support, Michael Albert provides an answer: participatory economics, 'parecon' for short ? a new economy, an alternative to capitalism, built on familiar values including solidarity, equity, diversity, and people democratically controlling their own lives, but utilizing original institutions fully described and defended in this book. |
Conteúdo
Introduction | 1 |
Values and Institutions | 17 |
What Is An Economy? | 19 |
Economic Values | 28 |
Judging Economies | 43 |
Participatory Economic Vision | 87 |
Ownership | 89 |
Councils | 91 |
Criticism Addressed | 229 |
Efficiency | 231 |
Productivity | 238 |
Creativity Quality | 244 |
Meritocracy Innovation | 248 |
Privacy Frenzy | 253 |
Individuals Society | 261 |
Participatory? | 265 |
Job Complexes | 103 |
Remuneration | 112 |
Allocation | 118 |
Summary and Defense | 148 |
Evaluating Parecon | 157 |
Daily Life in a Participatory Economy | 171 |
Working | 173 |
Consuming | 208 |
Allocating | 219 |
Flexibility | 275 |
Elevating Need? | 282 |
Compatibility | 286 |
Human Nature | 289 |
Asset or Debit? | 294 |
Excitement Attainability | 300 |
Brief Bibliography | 303 |
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