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Albert: Replying to a Review
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Michael Albert
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Recently I got an email telling me about a review of a book of mine, Looking Forward (SEP 1991) linked on the theory page of Anarcho-Syndicalist Review (http://www.syndicalist.org/theory/parecon1.shtml) I read it and was rather surprised by some o...
Albert: Economics and Parecon
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
A second interview for Polish publication... 1) Many economists, for example L. Mises and other austrian economists, think that private ownership of means of production is a necessity. They argue that without private ownership of means of product...
Albert: Market Madness
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
I was asked to do an email interview by a friend from Poland, for publication there, dealing with a rising tide of market ideology among Polish economists. Since it bears on issues of parecon, I thought I might as well convey it here, as well... ...
Albert: Answering a Comment
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
In general, I cannot pledge I will relate to all comments, even all questions, posted to the blogs. There is only so much time available. However.... One of the comments I found said I "seem to start with a basic split between Producers and Cons...
Albert: Tortured Minds
Blog Post, May, 11 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Doesn't sufficient evidence of deceit and destruction now exist for everyone to see it? Can the average American – much less the average citizen of England given their far better media -- be unaware of the vile nature of our government's pursuits,...
Albert: New pages comparing Capitalism and Parecon
Blog Post, May, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
I am busy creating a "site" within ZNet and the Parecon site that is about comparing capitalism and participatory economics. It means to be succinct, aesthetically appealing, and provocative to further investigation. I could use help. As...
Albert: Q/A More Personally...
Blog Post, May, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
I recently put a Q/A on the site and in the mail about the Parecon paperback edition, the recent mailings re parecon, etc. I thought I would answer the same questions here, a bit less formally -- a bit more personally -- in accord with blog expect...
Albert: Left Academics
Blog Post, April, 11 2004
Michael Albert
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This weekend I had the unusual and rather mixed pleasure of speaking at an academic gathering. I actually thought it was going to be my usual type of audience -- students, activists, interested folks, etc. But instead, much to my surprise, it was ...
Albert: My Shoes...and Dylan
Blog Post, April, 11 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Bob Dylan meant and means a lot to me -- so you can perhaps imagine my mood on seeing him advertising Victoria's Secret. I don't know which is sadder. That he did it. Or that reports indicate there is a huge sales bump as a result. In any event, I...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert, Last
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Ehrenreich: In the book Parecon, you make no mention, that I can find anyway, of remuneration for the work of "caring" in the home – child raising, caring for the elderly, etc. This is a big issue with feminists: how do you address it? Albert: I ...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert Q/A 11
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
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Ehrenreich: Why don't you call yourself a socialist? It seems to me Parecon is well within the socialist tradition. Are you uncomfortable with being associated with that tradition? Is the socialist tradition about fighting against domination and ...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert Q/A 10
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Ehrenreich: You say your notion of parecon was influenced by your experiences with real "alternative" organizations like South End Press. Can you tell us something about these experiences and how they shaped your thinking? Parecon emerged concept...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert Q/A 9
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Ehrenreich: Singer also asked, what do you do when changed conditions, say a natural disaster, require instant decision-making? How do you answer this question? Albert: The question about responding to changes in people's preferences or in materi...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert Q/A 8
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
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Ehrenreich: OK, let's forget about the slackers v. the nerds and approach the time issue in a more socially serious way. On a panel you organized at the 2003 World Social Forum, a former mayor of Porto Alegre described a real-life experiment in so...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert Q/A 7
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Ehrenreich: That response raises all kinds of questions and sets off some alarm bells in my mind. To start with one of them, which may seem trivial, but is actually very central to our differing visions of a utopian arrangement: When you say "let'...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert Q/A 6
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
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Ehrenreich: Have you ever tried to calculate the human labor costs of all the planning involved in parecon? Or maybe I should say "time" not dollar "costs." Yes, in the various books the issue of time allotment is certainly addressed. And the dis...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert Q/A 5
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Ehrenreich: Before proceeding to other matters, my big reason for wanting some things to remain marketized is that it would reduce the burden of planning. As you know, some have complained that parecon condemns us to endless meetings, so why not l...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert Q/A 4
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Ehrenreich: I don't want to prolong the skirt discussion (I hardly ever wear them myself), but I am confused about the way you conflate markets with capitalist exploitation. There were markets of one kind or another for thousands of years before c...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert Q/A 3
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Ehrenreich: An eloquent answer, and I fully agree on the importance of keeping our vision in sight even while battling in the trenches. But there are alternatives to the present global power arrangements other than -- you might say "short of" -- t...
Albert: Ehrenreich Interviews Albert, Q/A 2
Blog Post, April, 10 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Ehrenreich: The book is incredibly optimistic, some would say utopian. At a time when most on the US left are fighting constant erosions of rights and services -- all of which were limited enough in the first place -- what do you think the role of...
