Som
26th September 2003, 03:34
Something I think scar especially should give a look at, participatory economics. I'd be curious to see what his reaction is.
http://www.parecon.org/index.html
A much more detailed look, a plan, so on,
http://www.zmag.org/books/polpar.htm
A few points on it, parecon as a system comes off as pretty much ambivalent to the state. Its principles are non-heirarchal and directly democratic, with the state if it exists being in general completely seperate from its economic structure. The few functions in the economy the state might be used for in parecon such as printing money (actually, the only thing that comes to mind at the moment) can be arranged in an anarchist system by an agreement of the federations, trade unions, so on.
Its also nearly the same system as collectivism, the economic system that bakunin advocated.
So, a plan of sorts that works within an anarchist society, as well as a liberal marxist one.
Opinions, criticisms, so on
http://www.parecon.org/index.html
A much more detailed look, a plan, so on,
http://www.zmag.org/books/polpar.htm
A few points on it, parecon as a system comes off as pretty much ambivalent to the state. Its principles are non-heirarchal and directly democratic, with the state if it exists being in general completely seperate from its economic structure. The few functions in the economy the state might be used for in parecon such as printing money (actually, the only thing that comes to mind at the moment) can be arranged in an anarchist system by an agreement of the federations, trade unions, so on.
Its also nearly the same system as collectivism, the economic system that bakunin advocated.
So, a plan of sorts that works within an anarchist society, as well as a liberal marxist one.
Opinions, criticisms, so on