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The Participatory Economics Project

Participatory Economics (parecon for short) is a type of economy proposed as an alternative to contemporary capitalism. The underlying values parecon seeks to implement are equity, solidarity, diversity, and participatory self management. The main institutions are workers and consumers councils utilizing self managed decision making, balanced job complexes, remuneration according to duration, intensity, and onerousness of socially valued labor, and participatory planning. The parecon vision is spelled out in numerous books such as Michael Albert's ParEcon: Life After Capitalism. To explore the site, click on any of the menu links to the left. There you will also find material in diverse languages. If this is your first time visiting, be sure to check out our Introductory Materials.

Some General Links...
for much more use the menu to the left or,
for even more, use the ZCom search system...

Parecon / Realizing Hope - the two recent books
Albert: Finland Speech
Albert: Rimini Speech
Chicago Parecon Organizers
Vancouver Parecon Collective
Myspace Parecon Page
Koumbit Open Source
ParIT
Albert: Building A Pareconish Movement
Albert: Solidarity Econ or Parecon
Raptis: Parecon
Albert: Why Parecon?
Spannos: Parecon Organizing
Podur Interviews Albert
Ehrenreich Interviews Albert
Albert: Parecon and France
Albert: Parecon Today
Intro to Realizing Hope

"A great many activists and concerned people ask, quite rightly, what alternative form of social organization can be imagined that might overcome the grave flaws -- often real crimes -- of contemporary society in more far-reaching ways than short-term reform. Parecon is the most serious effort I know to provide a very detailed possible answer to some of these questions, crucial ones, based on serious thought and careful analysis."

-- Noam Chomsky

Some related Interviews...
for much more, please see our interviews subsite using
the left menu to see all interviews on the topic Parecon...

Spannos: Parecon Organizing
Julio Chavez: Politics in Venezuela
Carlos Lanz: Venezuelan Economy
Albert: Parecon and France
Albert Interviewed by Spannos: Parecon Today
German Attac/Albert: Parecon
Albert: Hannover Parecon
Albert: Exploring Parecon
Podur Interviews Albert
Shah Interviews Albert
Grubacic Interviews Albert
Albert Interviews Grubacic: Balkans
Albert Interviews Adamovsky: Argentina
Redmond Interviews Albert
Avvenire Interviews Albert
Albert: Kritische Masse
Poland Watch Parecon Interview


Some Talks
We don't have a separate section for transcribed talks, but we do have many parecon videos to watch and parecon audios relating to parecon...

Albert: Finland Speech
Spannos: Neoliberlaism to Parecon
Yee: Parecon Talk
Albert: The Left Road
Albert: Parecon Turkey Speech
Albert: What are We For?
Albert: When the Ship Comes In
Albert: Parecon WSF Testimony
Hahnel: Living What We Believe In 
Albert: Parecon Australia Talk  


Some Debates
for more debares please see our debates subsite...

Albert/Parecon vs. Price/Anarchist Communism
Albert vs. Horowitz on Economic Vision
Albert/Parecon vs. Staudenmeyer/Social Ecology
Albert/Parecon vs. Finger/New Politics Socialism
Albert/Parecon vs. Schweickart/Market Socialism
Albert/Parecon vs. Callinicos/Marxism
Albert/Parecon vs. Maass/Marxism

Some Related Gender, Sexuality & Kinship

Ehrenreich: Tortured Feminism
Peters: Radical Parenting
Jensen: Sexuality, Masculinity...
Segal: Women's Liberation
Bronski: Gay Liberation
Sargent: What Do Women Want?
Waldemar: Family Life
Dominick: Liberating Youth

Some More Vision and Economy
see also, for example, our vision and strategy topic page...

Albert: Venezuela
Albert: Education
Wetzel: Self-Managed Cities
Albert: Parecon in Turkey
Podur: A Few More Moves Ahead
Grubacic: Life After Capitalism
Wainwright: The Local
Brecher: Globalization
Peters: The Class Divide
Oliveri: Empowering Work
Wetzel: Emancipation Working
Engler: Workplace Democracy
Albert: Neoclassical Economics
Albert/Hahnel: Welfare Economics
Albert: Marketeers?!
Albert: Markets Über Alles?
Albert: Parecon
Reintjas: Solidarity Economy
Capitalism and Parecon
Wetzel: Self Emancipation
Burrows: Alternative?
Dominick: Parecon, Anarchy...
Burrows: Parecon in Practice
Dominick: From Here to Parecon
Burrows: Work After Capitalism
Albert: What Do We Want

 

Some Related Race, Culture & Community

Podur: Culture Vision One / Two
Podur: Life After Racism
Churchill: I am Indigenist


Some Related Polity

Shalom: ParPolity
Wetzel: Anarchy & Parecon
Albert: Engaging the State
Grubacic/Graebner: Anarchism...
Adamovsky: Autonomist Politics
Grubacic: Towards Another Anarchism
Sheppard: Anarchy & Society
Dominick: Parecon, Anarchy & Politics