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Category Archives: Natural Economic Theory

Dear Jacque Fresco: Goodbye old friend.

22 May, 2017by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

Rest in Power Jacque Fresco. […]  Fresco spoke of the ultimate negative program, a world without states, capitalism, money, hierarchy etc. and a good positive program of a post scarcity […]

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The Economic Calculation Problem

23 October, 2016by R. Salisbury 2 Comments

The economic calculation problem (ECP) is a classic argument in favor of markets and prices and against central planning. It’s a powerful argument, not because it’s a reasonable or understandable […]

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A Critique of “Participatory Economics & the Next System”

10 October, 2016by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

Participatory economics, also known as “parecon” is a newer one of the many “third way” political systems that attempt to distinguish themselves from the traditional left/right, socialist/capitalist dichotomy.  “Participatory  Economics […]

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Post-Scarcity Anarchism, vol. 3

23 July, 2016by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

Greetings!  Apologies for the near total lack of content in the last year.  Fortunately, we have just approved publication of the latest issue of Post-Scarcity Anarchism.  This one is shorter […]

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Why a Just and Sustainable Society cannot be Based on Swapping Things, Pt. 2: Hierarchical Trade

1 October, 2015by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

Market organization is equivocated with horizontal organization by today’s pro-market intellectuals, or contrasted with hierarchical organization. The collapse of the USSR, the “loss” of the socialist calculation debate, and the […]

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Why a Just and Sustainable Society Cannot be Based on Swapping Things, Pt 1: Deadlocking

12 August, 2015by R. Salisbury 1 Comment

There is a growing sentiment today that we are approaching “post-capitalism,” a new phase of society in which resources are no longer extracted for profit with no mind paid to […]

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Provision and Production without Markets: A Primer on Priority Theory of Value

8 August, 2015by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

Over the last century, popular and academic opinion has grown to strongly favor the use of markets in political systems. Communism is largely seen as a failure, and since there […]

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Post-Scarcity Anarchism: Issue 2 is now available

4 July, 2015by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

Post-Scarcity Anarchism: Issue 2  *Correction: In “Reflections on The Framework, Form, Content & Means of Murray Bookchin’s Political Views,” in the section “Means,” it said “At a time where labor […]

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Why Exchange Necessarily Results in Consumerism and Superfluity

3 June, 2015by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

Many anarchists and libertarians today insist that [free[d]] markets are not at all problematic in society, it’s just capitalism that is the problem.  This includes David Graeber, speaking from a […]

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Libertarian Municipalism and Transferics

23 May, 2015by R. Salisbury Leave a comment

Libertarian municipalism is an evolution of Murray Bookchin’s left-libertarian theory, a social theory which is not only the end, but also the means to achieve it.  While the basic idea […]

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