What we’re about
The goal of this group is to raise awareness about parecon, or participatory economics -- an alternative economic model to both capitalism and all forms of socialism.
Capitalism and all forms of socialism are authoritarian. They generate economic classes with opposed interests. They destroy solidarity, are inefficient, and lead unearned disparities in wealth and income.
My claim is that parecon is both a necessary and sufficient condition for the liberation of the working class, while all other economic forms continue working-class oppression.
This group will not overthrow capitalism. But I would like to meet people who want to believe that something better is possible, and would like to see what that might be.
Some resources
- A fairly short introductory essay on parecon: "There Is An Alternative".
- A longer essay on parecon: "Life After Capitalism – And Now Too".
- The full text (free) of the 1991 book, geared toward economists, introducing the formal mathematical and theoretical model: The Political Economy of Participatory Economics. And here is the book on Amazon.
- The full text (free) of the 2003 book for non-economists, that also answers many common criticisms: Parecon: Life After Capitalism. And here is the book on Amazon.
- The full text (free) of the 1990 book mathematically proving that the ills of markets, central planning, and private ownership are systemic and cannot be overcome by any means: Quiet Revolution In Welfare Economics. And here is the book on Amazon.
