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Blog Post Albert: Medal of the President of the Italian Republic

Blog Post, September, 19 2004 Michael Albert
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Continuing the saga of international notice for Parecon alongside U.S. silence, we have an award in Italy to be presented in mid October. The citation with the award is, to use a favorite word of mine, mind boggling -- all the more so in light of ...

Blog Post Albert: My Italian Trip

Blog Post, September, 19 2004 Michael Albert
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From Sept 3 to very early on Sept 10 I was in Italy on a book tour for the Italian Edition of Parecon: Life After Capitalism. I spoke in five cities, the largest being Rome and Milan, and at many venues – both alone and in panels. I also did many ...

Blog Post Albert: Parecon and Society: Pareconish Intellectual Agendas

Blog Post, August, 16 2004 Michael Albert
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Here is still another draft chapter for a new book about participatory economics and the rest of society that I am working on -- this one is for near the end of the book...and shorter than most. + New ideas have intellectual value largely reve...

Blog Post Albert: Parecon and Society: Athletics

Blog Post, August, 15 2004 Michael Albert
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By this point, talking about parecon's implications for athletics and athletes ought to be relatively easy. It is barely different than the case in other domains such as science, art, etc. There is, however, one interesting new angle to address, t...

Blog Post Albert: Reply to Brian Dominick's Reaction About Artists and Parecon

Blog Post, August, 14 2004 Michael Albert
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Brian, I am not entirely sure I am understanding your points. I am pretty sure that I haven't heard anyone else say quite what you are saying, and that it is not a set of concerns that are going to arise often. Still, I want to try to reply, if no...

Blog Post Albert: Parecon and Society: Art

Blog Post, August, 13 2004 Michael Albert
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Here is another chapter in draft for the book in progress. This one does have a section missing on the conditions of artists in the U.S., etc. which will have stats about artists doing ads instead of art, and so on...but otherwise it is ready for ...

Blog Post Albert: Parecon and Society: Journalism

Blog Post, August, 12 2004 Michael Albert
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Here is another draft chapter for the book in progress about parecon and the rest of society. This is about media and jouralism. Parecon: Journalism [Draft -- not for attribution, use, or display outside of this blog, please. But comments here a...

Blog Post Albert: Parecon and Society -- Crime

Blog Post, August, 12 2004 Michael Albert
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Here is a draft of a proposed chapter for the new book I am now working on... The proposed book title, by the way, is Bread and Life with the subtitle Participatory Economics and Society. Here is the draft of the crime chapter titled Parecon: Crim...

Blog Post Albert: Parecon and Society Book Project

Blog Post, August, 12 2004 Michael Albert
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I am working on a new book and thought I would use the blog to try out first drafts, etc. I mentioned this before the blog snafus, and repeat now. The book will be about the implications of participatory economics for other parts of life and vice...

Blog Post Albert: DNC Speech

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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I got an email asking if I could write up a on eminute speech for the DNC -- what I would say on prime time. The request is very odd, but here is what I jotted off...probably would take a bit more than a minute though, to deliver... Given that th...

Blog Post Albert: Thought Dreams -- The Book...

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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Arbeiter Ring Pre4ss has just released (and I just received through the mail) Thought Dreams: Radical Theory for the Twenty First Century, a new book of mine. Thought Dreams, the book, is my best effort to take an audience, starting from scratch...

Blog Post Albert: Worrying About Terror

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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I actually think there is some reason to worry that there will be a terrorist attack between now and the election. Not because the government says so, of course. They haven't got a clue. But because from the perspective of bin Laden and co., it ma...

Blog Post Albert: Inquiries

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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Recently many people are asking why did the U.S. government ignore various indicators leading up to 9/11 that perhaps something horrible would happen if there weren't changes in U.S. policies. Okay…I suppose it isn't an entirely unreasonable quest...

Blog Post Albert: Beyond Capitalism

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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I have been asked for a short essay for a book that will appear at the ESF, this October. I have to rush it...and here is a draft. Anyone who wants to send me any suggestions, please feel free. But the commenting system is down. Beyond Capitalis...

Blog Post Albert: Soc Student…Last

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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> I can't help but wonder whether any system can survive if it is too complex for the general public to understand. Is this serous? Parecon has a few key institutions and concepts, which a junior high school student could easily understand. To ...

Blog Post Albert: Soc student…Sixth

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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> In his model, Albert argues for balanced job complexes instead of a labor market. Balanced job complexes replace corporate division of labor – not labor markets. Hiring and also firing of workers is not a market exchange because the terms are ...

Blog Post Albert: Soc Student…fifth

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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> 1. Ease of Communicating the Parecon Model to Others – Personally, I find that a major obstacle to many reforms is the inability to plainly summarize the proposed reform and the rationale for implementing it (i.e. as if one is organizing behind ...

Blog Post Albert: Soc – Fourth Student

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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The fourth student likes the ideas that, First, “participatory consumers must weigh the benefits of consumption requests against the sacrifices required to produce them.” Second, “participatory consumers must distinguish reasonable consumption req...

Blog Post Albert: Soc 292 - The Third Student

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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Hmmmmm…these student comments are a bit longer than I anticipated…also a bit less in touch with the actual characteristics of parecon…but I started so I guess I will continue, though a bit more summarily than I had hoped, given these attributes. ...

Blog Post Albert: Soc 292 - The Second Student

Blog Post, July, 11 2004 Michael Albert
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The second student worries about parecon's method of allocation. > For the purposes of making decision about allocation, Albert advocates 'decentralized participatory planning' (p. 122), in which members of a parecon, in their respective capacit...

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