Dear Jacque Fresco: Goodbye old friend.
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 […]
Category Archives: Natural Economic Theory
The Economic Calculation Problem
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 […]
A Critique of “Participatory Economics & the Next System”
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 […]
Post-Scarcity Anarchism, vol. 3
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 […]
Why a Just and Sustainable Society cannot be Based on Swapping Things, Pt. 2: Hierarchical Trade
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 […]
Why a Just and Sustainable Society Cannot be Based on Swapping Things, Pt 1: Deadlocking
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 […]
Provision and Production without Markets: A Primer on Priority Theory of Value
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 […]
Post-Scarcity Anarchism: Issue 2 is now available
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 […]
Why Exchange Necessarily Results in Consumerism and Superfluity
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 […]
Libertarian Municipalism and Transferics
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 […]
