participatory economics Archives - resilience

Economic Vision for Everyone

Michael Albert — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:18:53 +0000

We propose the following set of five features, based on the values of self-management, equity, solidarity, diversity, and sustainability, as a foundational framework for a good economy for all, an economic vision known as participatory economics.

Path to Extinction or Path to a Livable Future?: Review

Don Fitz — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:49:57 +0000

It is well past the time to face hard decisions of how to reduce obscene levels of corporate production instead of fiddling with perpetual energy fantasies while the planet burns.

The Economics that Came in From the Cold

Hilary Wainwright — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:39:02 +0000

For industries to be run by ‘those who spend their lives with them’ means recognising the knowledge drawn from practical experience, which is often tacit rather than codified: an understanding of expertise that opens decision-making to wider popular participation, beyond the private boss or the state bureaucrat.

Participatory Economics and the Next System

Robin Hahnel — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000

What kind of “next system” would support the economics of sustainable and equitable cooperation?

Alternatives to Capitalism

Heather Blakey — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 03:12:55 +0000

It is said that capitalism believes in competition but hates competitors. With this thoughtful book, Robin Hahnel and Erik Olin Wright aim to strengthen the resources of anti-capitalist politics against the charge that ‘there is no alternative’.

Parecon: envisioning a life beyond capitalism

Joris Leverink — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 03:30:00 +0000

...parecon is a proposal or vision for how to accomplish economic functions consistent with classlessness, self-management, solidarity, equity, diversity, and ecological good sense.