Parecon Reading List

For historical antecedents see particularly the work of Pannekoek, Cardan, Rocker, Kropotkin.

Remembering Tomorrow	From SDS to Life After Capitalism Michael Albert, Seven Stories A memoir from the Sixties to 2005, including accounts of the conceptualization and advocacy of parecon.
Realizing Hope	Life Beyond Capitalism Michael Albert, Zed Books A look at society as a whole in pareconish terms, economy, but also kinship, culture, polity, ecology, and much more.
Parecon	Life After Capitalism Michael Albert, Verso Books The whole book is online here The most resent and most complete presentation of the Participatory Economic vision including discussion of all manner of concerns and issues about it, descriptions of it, etc.
Moving Forward	Program for a Participatory Economy Michael Albert, AK Press The whole book is online here Albert lays out the vision and strategy for his revolutionary “participatory economy” idea. He argues that we have to change how we conceive of work and wages, rewarding effort and sacrifice rather than output, and restructuring work so that everyone can become involved in controlling their workplaces. From here he moves to a proposal for how we might organize the larger functions of the economy in workers’ councils and a general discussion of how our society might look with a participatory economy, and, uniquely in this volume, program for getting there.
Thinking Forward	Michael Albert, Arbeiter Ring The whole book is online here Working through the thought associated with developing economic vision, using parecon as the substance.
Looking Forward	Participatory Economics for the Twenty First Century Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel, South End The whole book is online here How work can be organized efficiently and productively without hierarchy; how consumption could be fulfilling and also equitable; and how participatory is planning could promote solidarity and foster self-management. This book is online, on ZNet.
The Political Economy of Participatory Economics	Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel, Princeton University The whole book is online here A more technical presentation of Parecon. This book is online, on ZNet.
Socialist Visions	Stephen R. Shalom, Editor, South End What could a socialist America be like? This provocative collection of original essays initiates a dialogue on one of the most essential yet neglected questions facing the Left.

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Remembering Tomorrow

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