Theory, vision, & strategy for a Participatory Economy, a proposed model for an economy that elevates and reproduces self-management, equity, solidarity, diversity, & sustainability, for all.
Not long ago, I received a request for short answers to some questions meant to prod discussion in a reading group about…
I wrote a recent essay on how the model of a participatory economy (MPE) canĀ help preserve the environment. I reposted that essay…
In Democratic Economic Planning, Robin Hahnel says that his āmost important contribution isā having āexplained concretely how to reconcile comprehensive democratic planningā with…
Introduction A Participatory Economy1 is usually summarised by a list of five canonical features, namely: However, hidden within item 4 (āequitable remuneration for…
Could you start by telling us a little bit about yourself? Where are you based? What is your background? What are your…
For more than a decade, I had focused most of my political activism on media ā making media (television, radio, writings, internet…
Dissent on Mars is the latest game to be developed by Michael Hicks. It is a unique game in the simulation genre…
An advocate of participatory economics, Mark Evans, has proposed that to attain a self-managing, equitable, classless, participatory economy we donāt need to…
IntroductionĀ For those of us who are interested in organising for an economy that values self-management, cooperation and solidarity; a fair criteria…
[The following is an edited transcript of the podcast RevolutionZās 230th episode. It is from RevolutionZās unscripted Ruminations series, but it is…
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