In advocating participatory economics, I invariably follow a particular and for me familiar logic that moves from preferred values to desirable institutions.
This blog is for exploring, so here I’d like to try to come at economic vision from different angles than those I usually follow. I can think of a few to investigate. Perhaps users can suggest more.
In discussing economics, pejorative terms include, among others, exploitative, alienated, criminal, classist, unsustainable, inefficient, unproductive, authoritarian, and/or anti-social. So in a series of āRoutes to Economic Visionā posts, I propose to succinctly explore each of these damning concepts, trying to clarify what is pejorative about the conditions they denote, what I would prefer instead, and where that desire leads me (and perhaps also ought to lead others) vis a vis economic vision.
Next post: exploitationā¦
Michael Albert`s radicalization occurred during the 1960s. His political involvements, starting then and continuing to the present, have ranged from local, regional, and national organizing projects and campaigns to co-founding South End Press, Z Magazine, the Z Media Institute, and ZNet, and to working on all these projects, writing for various publications and publishers, giving public talks, etc. His personal interests, outside the political realm, focus on general science reading (with an emphasis on physics, math, and matters of evolution and cognitive science), computers, mystery and thriller/adventure novels, sea kayaking, and the more sedentary but no less challenging game of GO. Albert is the author of 21 books which include: No Bosses: A New Economy for a Better World; Fanfare for the Future; Remembering Tomorrow; Realizing Hope; and Parecon: Life After Capitalism. Michael is currently host of the podcast Revolution Z and is a Friend of ZNetwork.
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