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Welcome to Parecon Watch,
Parecon - short for Participatory Economics - is a vision for how to conduct economic affairs consistent with liberatory values including solidarity, diversity, equity, self management, ecological sustainability, peace, and classlessness.
On this page you can find quite a lot of material about parecon, and links to other pages that in turn have much more, as well.
If there is anything you think that should be directly linked from here, which is not, please let us know.
Some In Depth Parecon
Latest Parecon
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This is how it stands in my view: participatory economics, or parecon, is a fascinating, tantalizing thought experiment, but I can’t say with any confidence that it is something that can function in actual world
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Burke: Why We Don’t Support Parecon
The basic problem we have with parecon as advocated by Michael Albert is that we think he proposes blueprints for society without attempting to provide anything empirical to back up his claims
Parecon Interviews
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This is how it stands in my view: participatory economics, or parecon, is a fascinating, tantalizing thought experiment, but I can’t say with any confidence that it is something that can function in actual world
Some Parecon Debates
Beyond Economy
Parecon Blogs
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Sandstrom: A Vision Liberated from Markets
Last Thursday (Feb 16) my article” A Utopia Liberated from...
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Sandstrom: Parecon Sweden and PPS-UK at Stockholm Socialist Forum
On November 19ththe yearly Socialist Forum took place in Stockholm....
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Dominick: Small is Beautiful… Can Big Be, Too?
[Cross-posted from Future Economy Blog.] Recently I’ve noticed economic observers...
ParMusic
Lonnie Atkinson's
Parecon Rap Album:
Intro / Bury TINA
Class Dismissed / No Gangsters
...and much more!
"This is what we're talkin about..."
Michael Albert
Recent ParVideo
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Albert: The Financial Crash and the Always-Crisis
Even before the financial and economic crisis in 2008 capitalism has been in crisis See more →
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Albert: Participatory Economy – An Alternative to the Always-Crisis
Interview on participatory economy for German/European TV - Part One. See more →
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Albert: Participatory Economics: Alternative to Capitalism?
Co-founder of the participatory economics theory, Michael Albert, talks about... See more →
Some Anarchist Criticisms
Various anarchists have at times registered concerns about parecon. The following four essays address these concerns.
Vision Per Se? -should we have any institutional vision at all
Origin and Style? - questioning parecon's source and approach
Too Capitalist? - questioning pareconish remuneration and allocation
Structural and Strategic Flaws? - addresses concerns about strategy