Michael Albert

An answer to the constant economic query put to economic and globalization activists.

Life After Capitalism

Parecon

Providing hope and direction to sustain commitment on the path to change, No Bosses is about winning a new world.

A New Economy for a Better World

No Bosses

الحياة بعد الرأسمالية

Michael Albert's latest work, Practical Utopia is a succinct and thoughtful discussion of ambitious goals and practical principles for creating a desirable society and includes a preface by Noam Chomsky

Strategies for a Desirable Society

Practical Utopia

Albert's economic replacement for capitalism, 'Parecon' has already become well known. Here he goes further offering insights about how whole areas of life might be transformed in a new society.

Life Beyond Capitalism

Realizing Hope

With his combination of hard-edged logic and visionary hope, Michael Albert is one of the treasures of the Left. [Barbara Ehrenreich] How does a Marxist talk about gender? How does a feminist talk about class? Progressives use a variety of theories -- feminism, Marxism, environmentalism, multiculturalism -- as conceptual frameworks with which to understand the world and develop a vision for the future. How do social and political theories work, and how do they relate to each other? In Thought Dreams, Michael Albert discusses these questions using many examples and question-and-answer sections that make the book accessible and useful. It will help readers better understand progressive theories and begin to create their own theoretical perspective, one that is consistent with their principles, experiences, and priorities.

Radical Theory for the Twenty-first Century

Thought Dreams

Communism has collapsed. Capitalism has rid itself of the competition on which it thrives. But though now victorious, capitalism has become a threat. The future of us all may be shaped by the outcome of the conflict between capitalism as victor and capitalism as threat. Not only in Europe, but also in the US and Japan - and no doubt shortly in the Eastern countries too - the great debate is capitalism versus capitalism. On the one hand is the "neo-American" model based on individual achievement and short-term profits. On the other is the Rhine model practices in Switzerland, Germany, Benelux, Northern Europe and, partly, in Japan. In the Rhine model collective achievement and public concensus are seen as the keys to long-term success. The first is more seductive, the second more effective. These two opposing forms of capitalism are engaged in a war which, like all internal conflicts, involves both secrecy and even hypocrisy. The outcome of this struggle could affect the quality of life on all levels of society. The author of this book aims to provide a synthesis which will force the reader to consider the political and economic issues at stake towards the end of the century.

Capitalism Against Capitalism

This book does not simply say no to the killing train. It says yes to justice and liberation, offering detailed glimpses of what society could be like and strategic advice for how to get there.

Radical Visions for Radical Change

Stop the Killing Train

This book does not simply say "no" to the "killing train." It says "yes" to justice and liberation, offering detailed glimpses of what society could be like and strategic advice for how to get there.

Richard Nowakowski

David Wolfe

Combinatorial games are games of pure strategy involving two players, with perfect information and no element of chance. Starting from the very basics of gameplay and strategy, the authors cover a wide range of topics, from game algebra to special classes of games. Classic techniques are introduced and applied in novel ways to analyze both old and

An Introduction to Combinatorial Game Theory

Lessons in Play

Robin Hahnel

This "essay on capitalism, socialism, and revolution" offers a councilist critique of orthodox Marxism and offers, in the place of Marxism, a new view of socialist revolution consistent with modern circumstances.

An Essay on Capitalism, Socialism, and Revolution

Unorthodox Marxism

Seeks to understand and critically evaluate the post-capitalist experiences of the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba, and to present an alternative relevant to the U.S. and other industrialized countries.

Socialism Today and Tomorrow

A Modern Revolutionary Discussion of Classical Left Ideologies

What is to be Undone

Life under capitalism. Rampant debilitating denial for the many next to vile enrichment of the few. Material deprivation, denial, and denigration. Dignity defiled. Michael Albert's book No Bosses advocates for the conception and then organization of a new economy. The vision offered is called participatory economics. It elevates self-management, equity, solidarity, diversity, and sustainability. It eliminates elitist, arrogant, dismissive, authoritarian, exploitation, competition, and homogenization. No Bosses proposes a built and natural productive commons, self-management by all who work, income for how long, how hard, and the onerousness of conditions of socially valued work, jobs that give all economic actors comparable means and inclination to participate in decisions that affect them, and a process called participatory planning in which caring behavior and solidarity are the currency of collective and individual success.

"Capitalism Vs. Capitalism" provides America with a blueprint for its future, examining the choices and explaining where the country stands now (in 1993), and what the new world economy will be based upon. Lightning Print on Demand Title

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