May 29, 2022

S02E21 - Robin Hahnel on Parecon (Part1)

2 hours 20 minutes

Participatory Economics (Parecon) – developed by Michael Albert and Robin Hahnel – is one of the most comprehensive models for democratic economic planning.

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Shownotes

Robin Hahnel (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hahnel

Website Participatory Economy:

https://participatoryeconomy.org/

Robin on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/RobinHahnel

Hahnel, Robin. 2021. Democratic Economic Planning. New York: Routledge:

https://www.routledge.com/Democratic-Economic-Planning/Hahnel/p/book/9781032003320

Albert, M. und R. Hahnel. 1991. The Political Economy of Participatory Economics. Princeton: Princeton University Press:

https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691003849/the-political-economy-of-participatory-economics

Albert, M. und R. Hahnel. 2002. "In Defense of Participatory Economics". In: Science & Society, Vol. 66, No. 1. New York: Guilford Publications, 7–21:

https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/pdf/10.1521/siso.66.1.7.21015

Bohmer, Peter & Chowdhury, Savvina & Hahnel, Robin. 2020. Reproductive Labor in a Participatory Socialist Society. Review of Radical Political Economics. 52. (PDF available):

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338838418_Reproductive_Labor_in_a_Participataory_Socialist_Society

Further Material

Michael Albert (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Albert

Alec Nove (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nove

Friedman, Milton. 1962. “Capitalism and Freedom”. University of Chicago (PDF available):

https://ia601604.us.archive.org/24/items/friedman-milton-capitalism-and-freedom/friedman-milton-capitalism-and-freedom.pdf

Iteration Facilitation Board (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facilitation_board_(economics)

Nancy Folbre (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Folbre

David B. Schweikhardt:

https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/schweikhardt

Adam Smith (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Smith

Paul Cockshott (Wikipedia):

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cockshott

Allin Cottrell (Wikipedia):

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allin_Cottrell

Cockshott, P. und A. Cottrell. 2002. "The Relation Between Economic and Political Instances in the Communist Mode of Production". In: Science & Society, Vol. 66, No. 1. New York: Guilford Publications, 50–64:

https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/siso.66.1.50.21014

Cockshott, P. und A. Cottrell. 1993. Towards a New Socialism. Nottingham: Russell Press. (Book as PDF):

http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/socialism_book/new_socialism.pdf

Austrian School of economics (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School

Ludwig von Mises (Wikipedia):

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises

Friedrich Hayek (Wikipedia):

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_August_von_Hayek

Ernesto Che Guevara (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara

The Cuban Revolution (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution

Mondragon in Winnipeg:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondragon_Bookstore_%26_Coffeehouse

https://uniter.ca/view/lessons-of-mondragon

Paul Burrows:

https://forum.participatoryeconomy.org/u/pburrows/activity

Savvina Chowdhury:

https://www.evergreen.edu/directory/people/savvinachowdhury

Noam Chomsky (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky

Albert, M., King, M., Hahnel, R., Cagan, L., Sklar, H., Sargent, L., & Chomsky, N. 1986. Liberating theory. South End Press. (PDF available):

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264871916_Liberating_Theory

South End Press (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_End_Press

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz_In%C3%A1cio_Lula_da_Silva

Further information on Brazil’s workers’ party:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-latin-american-studies/article/time-of-closure-participatory-budgeting-in-porto-alegre-brazil-after-the-workers-party-era/44EC7210668F4E4CC82853961C5133E9

John, M. S., and Jos Chathukulam. 2002. "Building social capital through state initiative: Participatory planning in Kerala." Economic and Political Weekly: 1939-1948.:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4412134

Hugo Chávez (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez

Fidel Castro (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro

David Laibman (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Laibman

Laibman, David and Campbell, Al. 2022. "(En)Visioning Socialism IV: Raising the Future in Our Imaginations Before Raising It in Reality". In Science & Society, Vol. 86, No. 2. New York: Guilford Publications:

https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/siso.2022.86.2.137

Saros, E. Daniel. 2014. Information Technology and Socialist Construction. The End of Capital and the Transition to Socialism. Oxfordshire: Routledge:

https://www.routledge.com/Information-Technology-and-Socialist-Construction-The-End-of-Capital-and/Saros/p/book/9780415742924

Pat Devine (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Devine

Devine, Pat. 1988. Democracy and economic planning: the political economy of a self-governing society. Routledge.:

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780429033117/democracy-economic-planning-pat-devine

Jeremy Bentham (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham

Stephen Shalom (Wikipedia):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Shalom

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https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e21-robin-hahnel-on-parecon/

S02E19 | David Laibman on Multilevel Democratic Iterative Coordination:

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e19-david-laibman-on-multilevel-democratic-iterative-coordination/

(German) S02E14 | Jakob Heyer zu Grundproblemen einer postkapitalistischen Produktionsweise (Part1):

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e14-jakob-heyer-zu-grundproblemen-einer-postkapitalistischen-produktionsweise-teil-1/

(German) S02E15 | Jakob Heyer zu Grundproblemen einer postkapitalistischen Produktionsweise (Part 2):

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e15-jakob-heyer-zu-grundproblemen-einer-postkapitalistischen-produktionsweise-teil-2/

S02E11 | James Muldoon on Platform Socialism:

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e11-james-muldoon-on-platform-socialism/

S02E10 | Aaron Benanav on Associational Socialism and Democratic Planning:

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e10-aaron-benanav-on-associational-socialism-and-democratic-planning/

S01E58 | Jasper Bernes on Planning and Anarchy:

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e58-jasper-bernes-on-planning-and-anarchy/

S01E31 | Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 1):

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e31-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-1/

S01E32 | Daniel E. Saros on Digital Socialism and the Abolition of Capital (Part 2):

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e32-daniel-e-saros-on-digital-socialism-and-the-abolition-of-capital-part-2/

(German) S01E19 | Jan Philipp Dapprich zu sozialistischer Planwirtschaft:

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e19-jan-philipp-dapprich-zu-sozialistischer-planwirtschaft/

(German) S01E14 | Harald Welzer zu Kapitalismus, Planwirtschaft & liberaler Demokratie:

https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s01/e14-interview-mit-harald-welzer-zu-kapitalismus-planwirtschaft-amp-liberaler-demokratie/

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