Anarchist Debate of Participatory Economics

Some have described Participatory Economics (Parecon) an anarchist economy because of its principles of Self-Management and equity, which are intended to challenge hierarchy and other authoritarian apparatus. Northeastern Anarchist has hosted a debate among anarchists around Participatory Economics.

• The Sad Conceit of Participatory Economics, Odessa Steps, Anarchist Federation (Liverpool, UK)
• Debating Economic Vision for a Society without Classes, Tom Wetzel, Workers Solidarity Alliance (San Francisco, USA)
• We Are More Than We Eat: A Reply to Tom Wetzel's Defense of Participatory Economics, Odessa Steps
• Workers’ Liberation and Institutions of Self-management, Tom Wetzel
• The Joyous Potential Of Economic Vision, Michael Albert (Z Magazine)

Reviews

• Economic Justice and Democracy; From Competition to Cooperation, Parecon and the nature of reformism, reviewed by Wayne Price, Common Struggle (New York City)
• Parecon: life after capitalism, reviewed by Cian Lynch, Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland), Red and Black Revolution
• Looking Forward: Participatory Economic for the Twenty First Century, reviewed by Jeff Stein, Anarcho-Syndicalist Review
• Thinking Forward: Learning to Conceptualize Economic Vision, reviewed by Peter Stone, Social Anarchism

Anarchism and Parecon?

• Anarchism and Parecon, Michael Albert (Znet)
• What is the relation of Parecon and anarchism? Michael Albert interviewed by Andrej Grubacic
• ParEcon, Anarchy and Politics, Brian Dominick
• The Spanish Anarchists, Through A Participatory Lens, Dave Markland, Vancouver Participatory Economics Collective
• Parecon and France Michael Albert interviewed, Remi Gau, Alternative Libertaire
• Malatesta’s Anarchist Vision of Life After Capitalism, Wayne Price, July 28, 2006
• Parecon & Anarchism: A necessary answer to Michael Albert, Argyris Argyriadis, B-fest, anarkismo.net, May 31st, 2009
• Anarchist Remuneration Reply, Michael Albert, Z Blogs, June 30, 2010

More Tom Wetzel on Parecon

• Participatory Economics and the Self-Emancipation of the Working Class, Tom Wetzel
• The City: From Self-Managed Movements to Self-Managed City, Tom Wetzel

Related debates

• Assessing Libertarian Muncipalism, Michael Albert
• Participatory Economics and Libertarian Municipalism
• Participatory Economics and Social Ecology