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Albert: New Organization?
Blog Post, June, 11 2004
Michael Albert
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Assuming we all fight for social change in the expectation that we will, at some point, win -- and assuming that we fight for a whole new social system, again, in the expectation that at some point we will win -- it follows that at some point ther...
Albert: Parecon and Society -- chapters
Blog Post, June, 11 2004
Michael Albert
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This is a list of possible chapters for a book on p[arecon and society. What others topics might be of interest? Supposing you could read anyone writing on any of these or other topics, whose views would you be interested in? Parecon and Polity ...
Albert: Parecon and Society: Education
Blog Post, June, 11 2004
Michael Albert
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This is a draft of a possible chapter, giving a broad idea of what they might be like...again, only a draft. Parecon and Education Part of education is intrinsic and oriented to the individual. To think about education starting with the student...
Albert: Parecon and Society: Parecon Overview
Blog Post, June, 11 2004
Michael Albert
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This would be an opening chapter of this possible new book, summarizing parecon itself. Remember, these are merely drafts I am sharing in the blog...looking for some reactions. Parecon: An Overview Participatory economics, or parecon for short,...
Albert: Parecon and Society: Possible Intro
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Michael Albert
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I am thinking about the possibility of a new book perhaps entitled Parecon and Society. It would be about what having a parecon would mean for the rest of society, beyond the economy. I am curious if people think such a book would be useful. I am ...
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
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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
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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...
Chomsky: India Today
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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It's important to bear in mind that there are two quite different Indias. There is the high tech India in Hyderabad, which Thomas Friedman raves about in his odes to "globalization" -- meaning, the neoliberal version of investor-rights-based int...
Chomsky: Turkey in the World
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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Turkey's human rights record has been awful, though it has been improving, as commentators routinely point out. But that overlooks a rather important fact: Turkey's crimes against its own population, particularly Kurds, rely crucially on (1) massi...
Chomsky: The SU and the Arms Race
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
Questioner: Given that the arms race was a disaster for the Soviet Union economically and of little advantage militarily, why did the USSR engage in it? What it did to them economically is exactly what Khrushchev predicted, and presumably what JF...
Chomsky: Iraq and Vietnam
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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Personally, I don't see much useful analogy between Iraq and Vietnam. Vietnam was in a remote corner of the world that no one cared about very much, so the US could pound away at it, devastating four countries, with little international protest, ...
Chomsky: Saudi Puppet
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
It's often pointed out in the international relations literature that the notion "puppet" is not a simple one. Puppets can often influence the dominant power significantly. The Soviet satellites were certainly "puppets," if the term has any meanin...
Chomsky: The Reagan Phenomena
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
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I believe this is the first such extravaganza in the US. ... There was something similar after the JFK assassination, but of course the assassination of a living president is quite different. I don't recall anything else remotely similar, perha...
Chomsky: Defeating Nazi...
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
Questioner: The U.S. opposed and defeated the Nazis and the Communists. Doesn't this evidence U.S. humanitarianism for the rest of the world? The "history" assumed in this argument is so radically and uncontroversially false that it is hard even ...
Chomsky: Oil Prices
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
Regarding the rising price of oil, the first point to remember is that the price of oil is not high by historical standards. I haven't seen an exact calculation, but I wouldn't be surprised if the real price per barrel is maybe half of what it w...
Chomsky: Trade?
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
Questioner: In a debate I had with a capitalist once, he asserted that most US investment occurs in European and developed Asian countries, saying that that means that free trade is beneficial. Your reaction? He's right that most Foreign Direct I...
Chomsky: Rising Boats?
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
Questioner: Frequently, when conservatives respond to allegations of inequality in capitalism, they say that "The boats are all rising, who cares if the tide carries some higher?" That is, if growth is occurring at some rate, capitalism's good. Wh...
Chomsky: Bush Lying?
Blog Post, June, 10 2004
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
Did Bush lie on the reasons for 9-11 ("they hate our freedoms," etc.)? I think one has to be a bit cautious. Lying requires a certain competence: at least, it requires an understanding of the difference between truth and falsehood. When a 3-year...
