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Hahnel: A Future for Socialism
Znet Article, December, 04 2008
Robin Hahnel
Hahnel's ZSpace page
According to Samuel Bowles, A Future for Socialism by John Roemer is “measured, highly accessible, and most of all compelling.” Spurred by this enthusiastic recommendation from my former teacher and esteemed colleague, I tore into the text anticip...
Majavu: Africa: Life After Colonialism
Znet Article, December, 02 2008
Mandisi Majavu
Majavu's ZSpace page
The one issue that remains the main problem in post-colonial Africa is the failure of African revolutionary movements to articulate a truly liberatory political and economic vision.
Albert: Marketeers?!
Znet Article, November, 19 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Last issue I took a swipe at John Roemer’s new book The Future of Socialism. I also blasted Sam Bowles for praising the book on the back cover. I don’t like it when people who know better tell the public that markets—one of the most destruct...
Albert: Goodbye Soviets?
Znet Article, November, 19 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
The dissolution of the Soviet Union has been a severe psychic loss for many leftists. Why? The end of Soviet power has increased U.S. military dominance. There is a grave possibility of famine. Even without a new coup, Yeltsin and/or his counterpa...
Albert: Revolutions in the East
Znet Article, November, 19 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
As a Czech poster put it, “the Poles took ten years, the Hungarians ten months, the East Germans ten weeks, and the Czechoslovaks only ten days†to topple regimes once viewed as unassailable. Here is an attempt to distinguish the good news fro...
Albert: Reply To Democracy And Nature Comments
Znet Article, November, 19 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Having been kindly invited to contribute to an upcoming issue of Democracy & Nature, I was sent some back issues, including No. 9. In it I found Takis Fotopoulis’s “Outline for an Economic Model†and in that I found a number of references to...
Hahnel: In Defense Of Participatory Economics
Znet Article, November, 19 2008
Robin Hahnel
Hahnel's ZSpace page
In the shadow of the collapse of Communism, and very far from the public eye, a debate over what is a desirable economy has rekindled among a few who cannot convince themselves that human beings are not deserving and capable of better than capital...
Hahnel: Robin Hahnel Answers Various Criticisms of Participatory Economics
Znet Article, November, 19 2008
Robin Hahnel
Hahnel's ZSpace page
Questions from the LBO listserv...
Albert: Participatory Economics
Znet Article, November, 19 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
According to most economists, the activities of separate groups of producers and consumers can be coordinated by markets or by authoritarian planning—but there is no “third way.â€
Hahnel: Democratic Planners and Market Socialists
Znet Article, November, 18 2008
Robin Hahnel
Hahnel's ZSpace page
Talk given to the Political Economy Seminar Series at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Hahnel: Edward Bellamy And The Twenty First Century
Znet Article, November, 18 2008
Robin Hahnel
Hahnel's ZSpace page
It is not uncommon for geniuses to suffer from lack of recognition during their lives only to be canonized as intellectual giants after their departure. Edward Bellamy is a rare opposite case. The popular response to Looking Backward was so overwh...
Albert: Socialism As It Was Always Meant To Be
Znet Article, November, 18 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
As the twentieth century draws to a close, what have we learned about how we should manage our economic affairs? What should we do if we had the opportunity to start again?
Albert: Venezuelan Direct Democracy: The case of the Consejos Comunales.
Znet Article, November, 18 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
In 2004, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez created a movement named the consejos comunales (communal councils) aimed at creating more responsive local governance by handing local budgetary and legislative power to the councils. This movement was se...
Albert: When the Ship Comes In
Znet Article, November, 18 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
The following is a slightly revised transcript of the Testimony Presentation by Michael Albert delivered at the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2002.
Albert: Participatory Economics Interview
Znet Article, November, 18 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
We're in the studio today with Michael Albert, activist and author of several books, including Looking Forward from South End Press and Political Economy of Participatory Economics from Princeton University Press, and co-founder and editor of Z Ma...
Albert: ParEcon
Znet Article, November, 18 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
I call those fallen Eastern Bloc economies coordinator economies because coordinators are the people in the economy who largely monopolize empowering work, higher incomes, great power, and high status, all of it justified by educational credential...
Dominick: From Here to ParEcon
Znet Article, November, 15 2008
Brian Dominick
Dominick's ZSpace page
The method by which we develop and understanding of society, and of social change is, basic; but that doesn't mean the process is simple. We do it in steps, but each step is rather complicated.
Dominick: ParEcon, Anarchy and Politics
Znet Article, November, 15 2008
Brian Dominick
Dominick's ZSpace page
One of the most common questions posed by anarchists looking at the parecon model concerns the existence, or nonexistence, of a state in a society with a functioning participatory economy. What is the role, if any, of government in the maintenance...
Azulay: Parecon in Practice Chat
Znet Article, November, 11 2008
Jessica Azulay
Azulay's ZSpace page
We asked sustainers to read a ZNet article by Jessica Azulay on “Parecon in Practice” then on a chosen day and time, login to chat with her about it.
Azulay: The NewStandard: A ParEcon Workplace is Possible
Znet Article, October, 29 2008
Jessica Azulay
Azulay's ZSpace page
A parecon workplace is possible. I have experienced one, and now I believe we can overcome capitalism.
