{"product_id":"parecon-isbn-9781844675050","title":"Parecon","description":"‘What do you want?’ is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists decrying current poverty, alienation and degradation. In this highly praised new work, destined to attract worldwide attention and support, Michael Albert provides an answer: Participatory Economics, ‘Parecon’ for short, a new economy, an alternative to capitalism, built on familiar values including solidarity, equity, diversity and people democratically controlling their own lives, but utilizing original institutions fully described and defended in the book.“... this participatory vision is what Albert successfully provides for activists and academics alike, with the hope that it will be used to inspire social projects aimed at defeating inequality and leading to people democratically managing their own lives.”—Rob Maguire, \u003ci\u003eZNet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eParecon\u003c\/i\u003e is a pragmatic and visionary programme that would certainly boost human freedom; we ought at least to try it out.”—\u003ci\u003eRed Pepper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“an imaginative, carefully reasoned description, persistently provocative, of how we might live free from economic injustice.”—Howard Zinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It merits close attention, debate, and action.”—Noam Chomsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Albert is ideally suited to synthesizing all the strands running through the anti-capitalist movement.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Ecologist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eParecon\u003c\/i\u003e is a brave argument for ... a much needed ... more equitable, democratic, participatory ... alternative economic vision.”—Arrundhati Roy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A historically informed and logical economic blueprint with the practicality of a hand-tool, and a vision guided by the desire to find nobility in work.”—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“He is advocating a top to bottom economic revolution.”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Capitalism not working for you? Michael Albert may be tilting at windmills, but readers are flocking to his book on a system to spread the wealth and work.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“an important contribution to the imaginative tools for everyone who wants to dismantle capitalism.”—\u003ci\u003eInternational Socialism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Albert\u003c\/b\u003e helped found and establish South End Press and Z Magazine, among other institutions. A long-time activist, he now maintains Z’s internationally acclaimed web site Znet (www.zmag.org). He has written numerous books and countless articles dealing with, among other topics, economics, vision, social change, strategy, globalization, and war and peace.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303043453157,"sku":"NP9781844675050","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781844675050.jpg?v=1767734495","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/parecon-isbn-9781844675050","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}